Edited by Elizabeth Knowles
5000 entries
Quotations crucial to a picture of the twentieth century are brought together in this reference work, which offers an overview of the social, political, cultural, and scientific concerns of each decade. They come not only from the traditional sources of plays, poetry, novels, and speeches, but also from political manifestos, online sources, epitaphs, film scripts and titles, last words, misquotations, newspaper headlines, official advice, slogans, and telegrams. A brief description of each author is provided, with context and source notes added where necessary.
'Taking drugs is like having a cup of tea.'
Noel Gallagher
Elizabeth Knowles has been managing Editor of Oxford Quotations Dictionaries since 1993 and is a historical lexicographer, having previously worked for ten years on the New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary.
