Cassell Companion to Quotations - Hardcover

Rees, Nigel

9780304348480: Cassell Companion to Quotations

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0304348481 ISBN 13: 9780304348480

Publisher: Orion, 1997

An annotated guide to quotations, this textbook provides a collection of the most familiar sayings in the English-speaking world. It looks in particular at those quotations whose origins are disputed or which exist in variant forms, highlighting popular misconceptions and misquotations.

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From the Author:

The first quotation finder that is ALL footnotes.
This book is the culmination of over 20 years exploring the stories behind quotations that I have done for a BBC radio program I write and present called QUOTE ... UNQUOTE. It also reflects the great amount of help I have received from readers of my quarterly QUOTE ... UNQUOTE Newsletter - tracking down lost quotations and discussing origins. I believe it to be the first detailed book of - and about - quotations - if you like, it is all footnotes - giving the context and the background that most dictionaries of quotes leave out. Like all my other reference books it is based very much on the feedback I receive from readers. END

About the Author:

Nigel Rees is the author of over 50 books, including the Cassell Dictionary of Humorous Quotations and the Cassell Companion to Quotations. He is the deviser and presenter of BBC Radio�s Quote�Unquote, through which he has become an authority on the popular use of language in slogans, catchphrases, clich�s, idioms and quotations.

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