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A new edition of the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of English Idioms , enlarged and updated to reflect the English of the new millennium. Key features Contains over 10,000 British and American idioms that are frequently used by native speakers today. Simple definitions help learners understand what the ... more »

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Over 1,000 entries This invaluable work includes the best-known proverbs in the English language from around the world. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs provides the fascinating history behind our proverbs. Discover the story behind 'Never say never', 'It takes one to know one', 'The devil is ... more »

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Over 1,000 entries Containing over 1,000 of the most troublesome literary terms encountered by students and general readers, this gem of a book gives clear and often witty explanations to terms such as hypertext, multi-accentuality, and postmodernism. It is fully updated to include terms that have become ... more »

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Based on the bestselling Oxford Companion to English Literature , this is an indispensable, compact guide to all aspects of English literature. For this revised edition, existing entries have been fully updated and 60 new entries have been added on contemporary writers, such as Peter Ackroyd, Martin ... more »

This comprehensive guide spans sixteen centuries of the literature and literary culture of Ireland. From the ogam alphabet in the 4th century, to contemporary writers such as Roddy Doyle and Seamus Heaney, there is a wealth of information on writers and their works, movements, genres, topics, folklore ... more »

Over 9,000 entries from nearly 2,000 authors Offering all the authority and accuracy of the acclaimed Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, this indispensable source of reference has extensive coverage of literary and historical quotations. Find a quotation with the Keyword index and Search by author SPECIAL ... more »

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