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A guide to references commonly used in speech and writing. Explains more than 900 allusions. Entries include examples from todays leading media. A must for seri
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Allusions are a marvelous literary shorthand. A miser is a Scrooge, a strong man a Samson, a beautiful woman a modern-day Helen of Troy. From classical mytholog
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Explains more than 1,500 words and expressions from literature, art, history, politics, sports, film, and popular culture, which have transcended their original
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