Why Do We Quote? : The Culture and History of Quotation.
Title:
Why Do We Quote? : The Culture and History of Quotation.
Author:
Finnegan, Ruth.
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9781906924355
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1 online resource (350 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- I. SETTING THE PRESENT SCENE -- 1. Prelude -- 2. Tastes of the Present -- 3. Putting Others' Words on Stage -- II. BEYOND THE HERE AND NOW -- 4. Quotation Marks -- 5. Harvesting Others' Words -- 6. Quotation in Sight and Sound -- 7. Arts and Rites of Quoting -- 8. Controlling Quotation -- III. DISTANCE AND PRESENCE -- 9. What Is Quotation and Why Do We Do It? -- Appendix 1. Quoting the Academics -- Appendix 2. List of Mass Observation Writers -- References -- Index.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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