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1、•THEOXFORDDICTIONARYOFALLUSIONS<-r*^*MOÊ^••f4mw/^ÊÊÈP"-AllusionsformacolourfulextensiontotheEnglishlanguage,drawingonourcollectiveknowledgeofliterature,mythology,andtheBibletoprovideuswithaliteraryshorthandfordescribingpeople,places,andevents.SoamiserisaScrooge,astrongmanisaSamsonoraHercules,ab
2、eautifulwomanisaVenusoramodern-dayHelenofTroy—wecansufferlikeSisyphus,faillikeCanute,orlingerlikethesmileoftheCheshireCat.ThiscompletelynewreferenceworkexplainsthemeaningsoftheallusionsinuseinmodernEnglish,fromAbaddontoZorro,TartarustoTarzan,andCinderellatoRambo.Thebookisbasedonanextensivereadi
3、ngprogrammethathasidentifiedthemostcommonly-usedallusions,andawealthofquotationsareincludedtoillustrateusage,drawnfromarangeofauthorsandsources,fromThomasHardytoBenElton,CharlesDickenstoBridgetJones'sDiary.ISBN0-19-860031-3OXTORDUNIVERSITYPRESS780198600312">www.oup.com£15.99RRP$25.00USAAndrewDe
4、lahunty,SheilaDignen,andPennyStockareallfreelancelexicographerswithmanyyearsexperienceinwritingdictionariesandotherreferenceworks.Betweenthemtheyhaveworkedonawiderangeofbooksincludingdictionariesforadults,children,andthoselearningEnglishasaforeignlanguage.Thisbookgrewoutoftheirsharedinterestint
5、hesubjectofallusions.Jacketillustration:EchoandNarcissus,1903,byJohnWilliamWaterhouse,WalkerArtGallery,Liverpool/BridgemanArtLibrary.BoardofTrustees:NationalMuseums&GalleriesonMerseyside.ClassicdictionariesfromOxford:THEOXFORDDICTIONARYOFPHRASE&FABLEEditedbyElizabethKnowlesAmajorreferencework,d
6、iisbookprovidesawealthoffascinatingandinformativebackgrounddetailforover20,000phrasesusedinEnglishtoday.FromBarbiedolltotheseven-leagueboots,thishighlybrowsable/>o«moftermsincludesentriesfromabroadrangeoftopics,fromclassicalmythology,history,religion,folkcustoms,popularculture,scienceandtec
7、hnology,andmanymore.THEOXFORDDICTIONARYOFQUOTATIONS5thedition}•Editedby.ElizabethKnowlesAcclaimedforitsbroadandauthoritativecoverage,thismajorneweditioncontains20,000quotationsandanewthematicindex.NewsectionsbringtogetherAdvertis
