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1、•THEOXFORDDICTIONARYOFALLUSIONS<-r*^*MOÊ^••f4mw/^ÊÊÈP"-AllusionsformacolourfulextensiontotheEnglishlanguage,drawingonourcollectiveknowledgeofliterature,mythology,andtheBibletoprovideuswithaliteraryshorthandfordescribingpeople,places,andevents.SoamiserisaScrooge,ast
2、rongmanisaSamsonoraHercules,abeautifulwomanisaVenusoramodern-dayHelenofTroy—wecansufferlikeSisyphus,faillikeCanute,orlingerlikethesmileoftheCheshireCat.ThiscompletelynewreferenceworkexplainsthemeaningsoftheallusionsinuseinmodernEnglish,fromAbaddontoZorro,Tartarusto
3、Tarzan,andCinderellatoRambo.Thebookisbasedonanextensivereadingprogrammethathasidentifiedthemostcommonly-usedallusions,andawealthofquotationsareincludedtoillustrateusage,drawnfromarangeofauthorsandsources,fromThomasHardytoBenElton,CharlesDickenstoBridgetJones'sDiary
4、.ISBN0-19-860031-3OXTORDUNIVERSITYPRESS780198600312">www.oup.com£15.99RRP$25.00USAAndrewDelahunty,SheilaDignen,andPennyStockareallfreelancelexicographerswithmanyyearsexperienceinwritingdictionariesandotherreferenceworks.Betweenthemtheyhaveworkedonawiderangeofbooksi
5、ncludingdictionariesforadults,children,andthoselearningEnglishasaforeignlanguage.Thisbookgrewoutoftheirsharedinterestinthesubjectofallusions.Jacketillustration:EchoandNarcissus,1903,byJohnWilliamWaterhouse,WalkerArtGallery,Liverpool/BridgemanArtLibrary.BoardofTrust
6、ees:NationalMuseums&GalleriesonMerseyside.ClassicdictionariesfromOxford:THEOXFORDDICTIONARYOFPHRASE&FABLEEditedbyElizabethKnowlesAmajorreferencework,diisbookprovidesawealthoffascinatingandinformativebackgrounddetailforover20,000phrasesusedinEnglishtoday.FromBarbied
7、olltotheseven-leagueboots,thishighlybrowsable/>o«moftermsincludesentriesfromabroadrangeoftopics,fromclassicalmythology,history,religion,folkcustoms,popularculture,scienceandtechnology,andmanymore.THEOXFORDDICTIONARYOFQUOTATIONS5thedition}•Editedby.ElizabethKno
8、wlesAcclaimedforitsbroadandauthoritativecoverage,thismajorneweditioncontains20,000quotationsandanewthematicindex.NewsectionsbringtogetherAdvertis
