Author: William Rose Benet
Publisher: Harpercollins Publisher
Genre: Reference
Release: Jan 1965 My Rating: 0
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Publisher: Harpercollins Publisher
Genre: Reference
Release: Jan 1965 My Rating: 0
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Author: Houghton Mifflin Company
Publisher: Dell
Genre: Reference
Release: Jun 1994 My Rating: 5
Summary: The dictionary could be more complete. It lacks many obscure definitions, but its conventient because of its size. It makes a great travel dictionary. I keep mine in my bag and bring it with me to school everyday. However, I would recommend having a more complete dictionary for home use.
Publisher: Dell
Genre: Reference
Release: Jun 1994 My Rating: 5
Summary: The dictionary could be more complete. It lacks many obscure definitions, but its conventient because of its size. It makes a great travel dictionary. I keep mine in my bag and bring it with me to school everyday. However, I would recommend having a more complete dictionary for home use.
Author: J. A. Cuddon
Publisher: Puffin
Genre: Reference
Release: May 1992 My Rating: 5
Summary: The latest installment of this trusted literary companion covers all aspects of literary theory, from definitions of technical terms to characterizations of literary movements. Geared toward students, teachers, readers, and writers alike, "The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory" explains critical jargon (intertextuality, aporia), schools of literary theory (structuralism, feminist criticism), literary forms (sonnet, ottava rima), and genres (elegy, pastoral) and examines artifacts, historic locales, archetypes, origins of well-known phrases, and much, much more. Scholarly, straightforward, comprehensive, and even entertaining, this is a resource that no word lover should be without.
"Some entries accomplish cameo wonders of literary history. Others are funny . . . generously and urbanely compiled." --"The New York Times"
Publisher: Puffin
Genre: Reference
Release: May 1992 My Rating: 5
Summary: The latest installment of this trusted literary companion covers all aspects of literary theory, from definitions of technical terms to characterizations of literary movements. Geared toward students, teachers, readers, and writers alike, "The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory" explains critical jargon (intertextuality, aporia), schools of literary theory (structuralism, feminist criticism), literary forms (sonnet, ottava rima), and genres (elegy, pastoral) and examines artifacts, historic locales, archetypes, origins of well-known phrases, and much, much more. Scholarly, straightforward, comprehensive, and even entertaining, this is a resource that no word lover should be without.
"Some entries accomplish cameo wonders of literary history. Others are funny . . . generously and urbanely compiled." --"The New York Times"
Author: Patricia T. O'conner
Publisher: Riverhead Trade
Genre: Reference
Release: Jun 2004 My Rating: 5
Summary: Written by Patricia T. O'Conner, an editor at the "New York Times Book Review", "Woe Is I" gives lighthearted, witty instruction on the subject most of us dreaded in school--grammar. Discussion is brief and concise, and much more engaging than the grammar books you may remember. With chapter titles such as "Woe is I: Therapy for Pronoun Anxiety," "Your Truly: The Possessive and the Possessed," "Verbal Abuse: Words on the Endangered List," "Comma Sutra; The Joy of Punctuation," and "Death Sentence: Do Cliches Deserve to Die?," O'Conner proves that even grammar can make for entertaining reading.
Publisher: Riverhead Trade
Genre: Reference
Release: Jun 2004 My Rating: 5
Summary: Written by Patricia T. O'Conner, an editor at the "New York Times Book Review", "Woe Is I" gives lighthearted, witty instruction on the subject most of us dreaded in school--grammar. Discussion is brief and concise, and much more engaging than the grammar books you may remember. With chapter titles such as "Woe is I: Therapy for Pronoun Anxiety," "Your Truly: The Possessive and the Possessed," "Verbal Abuse: Words on the Endangered List," "Comma Sutra; The Joy of Punctuation," and "Death Sentence: Do Cliches Deserve to Die?," O'Conner proves that even grammar can make for entertaining reading.