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The reader's encyclopedia / William Rose Benet.
TITLE:
The reader's encyclopedia / William Rose Benet.
Publication Date:
1965
Publication Information:
New York : Crowell,
Edition:
2d ed.
Physical Description:
viii, 1118 p. : ill.
Summary:
What does it mean to have the voice of a stentor? Where is John o'Groat's House? Ever heard of a beast epic, or the Jindyworobak Movement? And what is the origin of the word "abracadabra"? The answers lie in this delicious reference that anyone interested in humility should have; just glimpsing it on the shelf reminds one of how very much there is that one does not know. The thousands of entries in Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia cover anything and nearly everything having to do with literature.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780690671285

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