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  • Allusions in the Pressby Paul Lennon

    Walter de Gruyter, Inc. 2004; US$ 137.20

    This corpus-based study of allusions in the British press shows the range of targets journalists allude to - from Shakespeare to TV soaps, from Jane Austen to Hillary Clinton, from hymns to nursery rhymes, proverbs and riddles. It analyzes the linguistic forms allusions take and demonstrates how allusions function meaningfully in discourse. It explores the nature of the background cultural and intertextual knowledge allusions demand of readers and sets out the processing stages involved in understanding an allusion. Allusion is integrated into existing theories of indirect language and linked to idioms, wordplay and metaphor. more...

  • Under the Covers and between the Sheetsby C. Alan Joyce; Sarah Janssen

    Penguin Group US 2010; US$ 9.99

    Bibliophiles, grab your glasses! Here is a compendium of interesting??and often scandalous??facts and quips about the literary world. Featuring authors and tomes of yesteryear and yesterday, from Tolkien?s Middle-earth to Jeffrey Eugenides?s Middlesex , you?ll sections such as:   ?  You Don?t Say?: Commonly-used words and phrases that were coined or popularized in classic words of fiction??sometimes with very different meanings.   ?  Gruesomely Ever After: The original endings of some of the world?s most cherished fairy tales??"Snow White," "The Little Mermaid," "Cinderella," and more.   ? Parental Guidance Suggested: Banned works of fiction and the controversy surrounding them.   ?  Lions and Tigers and Bears (Oh... more...

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