The new Oxford book of literary anecdotes / edited by John Gross.

Contributor(s):

Gross, John, 1935-2011

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Oxford Books of Prose & VersePublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 385 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780191516979
019151697X
9780192804686
0192804685
1281146803
9781281146809
9786611146801
6611146806

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: New Oxford book of literary anecdotes.DDC classification:

820.9 22

LOC classification:

PR108 .N49 2006eb

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Contents:

INTRODUCTION; THE ANECDOTES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INDEX OF NAMES; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.

Summary: An unrivalled collection of literary gossip and intimate sidelights on the lives of the authors. This hugely entertaining anthology ranges from Chaucer to the present day, with anecdotes that are hilarious, touching, outrageous, sinister, inspiring, and downright weird. - ;An unrivalled collection of literary gossip and intimate sidelights on the lives of the authors. The dictionary defines an anecdote as 'a short account of an entertaining or interesting incident', and the anecdotes in this collection more than live up to that description. Many of them are funny, often explosively so. Others.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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INTRODUCTION; THE ANECDOTES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INDEX OF NAMES; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.

An unrivalled collection of literary gossip and intimate sidelights on the lives of the authors. This hugely entertaining anthology ranges from Chaucer to the present day, with anecdotes that are hilarious, touching, outrageous, sinister, inspiring, and downright weird. - ;An unrivalled collection of literary gossip and intimate sidelights on the lives of the authors. The dictionary defines an anecdote as 'a short account of an entertaining or interesting incident', and the anecdotes in this collection more than live up to that description. Many of them are funny, often explosively so. Others.

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