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Continuing presences : Virginia Woolf's use of literary allusion / Beverly Ann Schlack.
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- University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, c1979.
- 1979
- 1 Item
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The art of allusion in Victorian fiction / Michael Wheeler.
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- London: MacMillan, 1979.
- 1979
- 1 Item
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Allusions : cultural, literary, Biblical, and historical : a thematic dictionary / [edited by] Laurence Urdang and Frederick G. Ruffner, Jr.
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- Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., c1982.
- 1982
- 1 Item
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A dictionary of classical reference in English poetry / Eric Smith.
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- Cambridge [cambridgshire] : D. S. Brewer ; Totowa, N.J. : Barnes & Noble Books, 1984.
- 1984
- 1 Item
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Brewer's Dictionary of phrase and fable.
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- New York : Harper & Row, 1981.
- 1981
- 1 Item
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The mirage in the mirror : Nabokov's Ada and its French pre-texts / Annapaola Cancogni.
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- New York : Garland Pub., 1985.
- 1985
- 1 Item
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The rhetoric of imitation : genre and poetic memory in Virgil and other Latin poets / Gian Biagio Conte ; edited and with a foreword by Charles Segal.
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- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1986.
- 1986
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text RBA (Cornell studies in classical philology. no. 44) Offsite Not available - In use until 2024-01-26 - Please for assistance.Melville's classical allusions : a comprehensive index and glossary / compiled by Gail H. Coffler.
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- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1985.
- 1985
- 1 Item
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Churchill's literary allusions : an index to the education of a soldier, statesman, and litterateur / by Darrell Holley.
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- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c1987.
- 1987
- 1 Item
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The Facts on File dictionary of classical, biblical, and literary allusions / Abraham H. Lass, David Kiremidjian, Ruth M. Goldstein.
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- New York, N.Y : Facts on File, c1987.
- 1987
- 1 Item
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Chaucer name dictionary : a guide to astrological, Biblical, historical, literary, and mythological names in the works of Geoffrey Chaucer / Jacqueline de Weever.
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- New York : Garland Pub., 1987.
- 1987
- 1 Item
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Allusions--cultural, literary, biblical, and historical : a thematic dictionary / Laurence Urdang and Frederick G. Ruffner, Jr., editors, David M. Glixon, associate editor.
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- Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., c1986.
- 1986
- 1 Item
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Intertextuality, allusion, and quotation : an international bibliography of critical studies / compiled by Udo J. Hebel.
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- New York : Greenwood Press, 1989.
- 1989
- 1 Item
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Brewer's dictionary of phrase and fable.
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- New York : Harper & Row, c1989.
- 1989
- 2 Items
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Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text JFE 02-7453 Offsite Brewer's dictionary of phrase & fable.
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- New York : Harper, [1952?]
- 1952
- 1 Item
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Melville's use of Spenser / Carole Moses.
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- New York : P. Lang, c1989.
- 1989
- 1 Item
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Jane Austen's art of memory / Jocelyn Harris.
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- Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989.
- 1989
- 1 Item
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From Homer to tragedy : the art of allusion in Greek poetry / Richard Garner.
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- London ; New York : Routledge, 1990.
- 1990
- 1 Item
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Tulasī sandarbha-mīmāṃsā / Ramā Sūda.
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- Kānapura : Granthama, 1980.
- 1980
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text *OKTM 90-129 Offsite Grand allusions : a lively guide to those expressions, terms, and references you ought to know but might not / by Elizabeth Webber and Mike Feinsilber.
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- Washington, D.C. : Farragut Pub. Co., c1990.
- 1990
- 1 Item
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The Facts on File dictionary of 20th-century allusions : from Abbott and Costello to Ziegfeld girls / Sylvia Cole, Abraham H. Lass.
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- New York : Facts on File, c1991.
- 1991
- 1 Item
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Vergil's Georgics and the traditions of ancient epic : the art of allusion in literary history / Joseph Farrell.
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- New York : Oxford University Press, 1991.
- 1991
- 1 Item
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Kotoba no hakubutsu shi / Kindaichi Haruhiko.
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- Tōkyō : Bungei Shunjū, Shōwa 41 [1966]
- 1966
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text *OSG 92-1588 Offsite Les allusions bibliques : dictionnaire commenté des expressions d'origine biblique / Jean Claude Bologne.
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- Paris : Larousse, c1991.
- 1991
- 1 Item
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Literatur : Schnellkurs für Hochstapler : mit Mustersätzen, Checklisten, Merksprüchen, einem kleinen rethorischen [!] Grundkurs, einem Abzählvers zur Früherkennung von ernsthaften Literaten, Tips, Tricks - und jede Menge Anmerkungen / Felix Krull.
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- Frankfurt am Main : Eichborn Verlag, 1989.
- 1989
- 1 Item
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Les allusions littéraires : dictionnaire commenté des expressions d'origine littéraire / Jean Claude Bologne.
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- Paris : Larousse, c1989.
- 1989
- 1 Item
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Stories of great names / by Charles Williams ; with notes by R.D. Binfield.
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- London : Oxford University Press, 1937.
- 1937
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Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text A (Williams, C. Stories of great names) Offsite Frases históricas, su origen y uso en el idioma, tomadas de obras de autores renombrados por J.J. Méndez.
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- Panamá, Imprenta Nacional, 1917.
- 1917
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Fleurs historiques des dames et des gens du monde : clef des allusions aux faits et aux mots célèbres que l'on rencontre fréquemment dans les ouvrages des écrivains français / par P. Larousse.
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- Paris : P. Larousse et cie, [189-?]
- 1890-1899
- 1 Item
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Repetition in Latin poetry : figures of allusion / Jeffrey Wills.
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- Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
- 1996
- 1 Item
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Dictionary of phrase and fable: giving the derivation, source, or origin of common phrases, allusions, and words that have a tale to tell/ To which is added a concise bibliography of English literature.
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- Philadelphia, Lippincott; London, Cassell [1894]
- 1894
- 2 Items
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Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text NA (Brewer, E. C. Dictionary of phrase and fable. 1894) Offsite Word origins; the romance of language. With illus. by John Nicolson.
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- New York, Philosophical Library [1962]
- 1962
- 1 Item
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Der deutsche Volksmund im Lichte der Sage / von Heinrich Lessmann : herausgegeben und mit einem Geleitworte versehen von Georg Hüsing.
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- Berlin : H. Stubenrauch, 1937.
- 1937
- 1 Item
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Everyday sayings; their meanings explained, their origins given, by Charles N. Lurie. New York, Putnam, 1928.
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- Detroit, Gale Research Co., 1968.
- 1968-1928
- 1 Item
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Dictionary of phrase & fable.
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- New York, Harper [1953]
- 1953
- 1 Item
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Dictionary of phrase and fable.
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- London, Cassell, [c1962]
- 1962
- 1 Item
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Familiar allusions; a hand-book of miscellaneous information, including the names of celebrated statues, paintings, palaces, country-seats, ruins, churches, ships, streets, clubs, natural curiosities, and the like. Begun but left unfinished by William A. Wheeler. Completed and edited by Charles G. Wheeler. Boston, J. R. Osgood, 1882 [c1881].
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- Detroit, Gale Research Co., 1966.
- 1966-1882
- 1 Item
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Brewer's dictionary of phrase & fable.
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- New York : Harper & Row, 1963.
- 1963
- 1 Item
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Crowell's handbook for readers and writers; a dictionary of famous characters and plots in legend, fiction, drama, opera, and poetry, together with dates and principal works of important authors, literary and journalistic terms, and familiar allusions, edited by Henrietta Gerwig.
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- New York, Thomas Y. Crowell company [c1925]
- 1925
- 1 Item
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Dictionary of phrase and fable : giving the derivation, source, or origin of common phrases, allusions, and words that have a tale to tell / by E. Cobham Brewer.
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- Philadelphia : Claxton, Remsen, and Haffelfinger [187-].
- 187
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Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text NA (Brewer, E. C. Dictionary of phrase and fable. 187- (983p.)) Offsite Dictionary of phrase and fable : giving the derivation, source, or origin of common phrases, allusions, and words that have a tale to tell / by E. Cobham Brewer.
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- Philadelphia : Claxton, [187-?]
- 1870-1879
- 1 Item
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Dictionary of phrase and fable : giving the derivation, source, or origin of commom phrases, allusions, and words that have a tale to tell / by E. Cobham Brewer.
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- London ; New York : Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, [1870?].
- 1870
- 1 Item
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Dictionary of phrase and fable : giving the derivation, source, or origin of common phrases, allusions, and words that have a tale to tell / by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer.
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- London : Cassell and company, limited ; Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott company, 1899.
- 1899
- 1 Item
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Dictionary of phrase and fable, giving the derivation, source, or origin of common phrases, allusions and words that have a tale to tell, by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.
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- Philadelphia & London, J.B. Lippincott company [c1937?]
- 1937
- 1 Item
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The reader's handbook of allusions, references, plots and stories, with two appendices; by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer ...
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- Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott, 1889
- 1889
- 1 Item
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Reader's handbook of allusions, references, plots & stories: with two appendices.
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- Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1892.
- 1892
- 1 Item
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Familiar allusions, a hand-book of miscellaneous information including the names of celebrated statues, paintings, palaces, country-seats, ruins, churches, ships, streets, clubs, natural curiosities, and the like begun (but left unfinished) by William A. Wheeler, completed and edited by Charles G. Wheeler.
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- Boston, New York, Houghton, Mifflin and company, [c1881]
- 1894
- 1 Item
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Familiar allusions; a hand-book of miscellaneous information, including the names of celebrated statues, paintings, palaces, countryseats, ruins, churches ... and the like, begun (but left unfinished) by William A. Wheeler, completed and edited by Charles G. Wheeler ...
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- Boston, New York, Houghton, Mifflin, 1896.
- 1896
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text NA (Wheeler, W. A. Familiar allusions. 1896) Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315 Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.
Fleurs historiques : clef des allusions aux faits et aux mors célèbres que l'on rencontre fréquement dans les ouvrages des écrivains français / par P. Larousse.
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- Paris : Librairie Larousse, 189-?
- 1890-1899
- 1 Item
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Character sketches of romance, fiction and the drama. A revised American ed. of the Readers' handbook by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, Ll. D. Ed. by Marion Harland [pseud.] ...
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- New York, E. Hess, 1892.
- 1892
- 7 Items
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