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First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 243 pages) |
| Summary |
Quotations are an essential part of the fabric of the language. In And I quote, Elizabeth Knowles draws on her experience editing the 'Oxford Dictionary of Quotations' and employs a wide repertoire of examples, ranging from the classical canon to contemporary popular culture, to illuminate just how and why we quote. 00Her investigation focuses on how we find, choose, and use quotations in 21st century English, but it also leads her back in time to follow the journeys taken by individual quotes, as their meaning changes subtly - and sometimes not so subtly - over the decades and in many cases the centuries. In following the often-surprising stories of individual quotations, we gain an understanding of how they establish themselves, and to what degree they can develop a life independent of their original coinage.00Everyone has their own quotations 'vocabulary', and each reader of the book will think of further items that they would use and wish to explore, but the journeys mapped here illuminate the many fascinating ways in which quotations have embedded themselves in the language, from the earliest dictionaries of quotations to the online world we experience today. |
| Contents |
Cover; 'And I Quote ... ': A History of Using Other People's Words; COPYRIGHT; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; IINTRODUCTION; Chapter 1: BUT WHERE DO YOU FIND THEM?; Wise Sayings; Literary Models; Changing Choices; Usage Guidance; Familiar Quotations; Quotable Sayings; Fleeting Fame; What Do Readers Really Want?; Sayings of the Week; Looking to the Future; Intelligent Elasticity And Comparative Levity; Chapter 2: BORROWING WORDS; Abominable Devices; Does Anyone Know Where?; That Clever Little Thing I Heard Mr Williams Say; Learning and Latin; Relying on the Dictionary |
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A Source of AuthorityChanging Editions?; Commercial Uses; Verifying your References; A Place for Serendipity; Dangers Online; Chapter 3: THE WORLD OF QUOTATIONS; Significant Names; Echoes of the Past; Famous Allusions; Careful Selection; Choosing your Words; Reaching a Wider Public; The Latest Thing; Personal Favourites; Echoing Phrases; Chapter 4: THE PAROLE OF LITERARY MEN; Holy Writ; Quoting Shakespeare; Out of Context; Cultural Significance; Sayings from Literature; Productive Passages; Forgotten Names?; Minor Survivals; Chapter 5: HIDDEN MEANINGS AND SPECIAL LINKS; Signalling Contexts |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Quotation -- History.
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REFERENCE -- Quotations. |
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Quotation |
| Genre/Form |
History
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| Other Form: |
Print version: KNOWLES, ELIZABETH. 'AND I QUOTE ... '. [Place of publication not identified] : OXFORD UNIV PRESS, 2018 0198766750 (OCoLC)1018462811 |
| ISBN |
9780191079351 (electronic bk.) |
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0191079359 (electronic bk.) |
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0198766750 |
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9780198766759 |
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