Edited by Elizabeth Knowles
Over 7,800 entries
‘... ground-breaking...’ — Writing Magazine
This authoritative dictionary draws on Oxford's unrivalled bank of reference and language resources in order to explore the stories behind names and sayings that can be found in classic literature or today's news. Questions it seeks to answer include: What are Anglo-Saxon attitudes? Who first tried to nail jelly to the wall? When was the Dreamtime? Would you want the Midas touch? Should you worry about grey goo? Answers cover a range of topics, such as classical and other mythologies, history, religion, folk customs, superstitions, science and technology, philosophy, and popular culture.
Elizabeth Knowles is Publishing Manager for Oxford Quotations Dictionaries at Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 9780198609810
ISBN-10: 0198609817
Publishing history: First edition 2000; second edition 2005
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