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Abraham H. Abraham Harold Lass

    A Student's Guide to 50 American Novels
    A student's Guide to 50 British Novels
    The Wordsworth Dictionary of Classical and Literary Allusion
    The Facts on File dictionary of cultural and historical allusions
    • Explains more than 1,500 words and expressions from literature, art, history, politics, sports, film, and popular culture, which have transcended their original meanings to refer to other attributes or circumstances.

      The Facts on File dictionary of cultural and historical allusions2000
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    • An allusion is a figure of speech that compares aspects of people, places, things and ideas with their familiar counterparts in history, mythology, scripture, and literature. In this edition, 1,300 entries are arranged alphabetically and carefully cross-referenced for ease of use and the lead the reader to related items.

      The Wordsworth Dictionary of Classical and Literary Allusion1994
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