Lass, Abraham H.; Kiremdijian, David; Goldstein, Ruth M.
The Facts on File Dictionary of Classical, Biblical and Literary Allusions
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Facts on File Inc., 1987. . J, H, Binding is tight and text is clean and bright. No marks at all. A very nice copy. Dust jacket has light edgewear and one tiny tear. An allusion is a figure of speech that compares aspects of people, places, things, and ideas with their familiar counterparts in history, mythology, scripture, literature, popular culture, etc. This book contains 1300 of these key allusions which arranged alphabetically and cross-referenced. The original meaning of each allusion is simply stated and, where known, the historical source as well. 240 pages.; . Fine, Cloth, Very Good, .
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