- Campus Dictionary of International Security
- Encyclopedia of the Commemorative Coins of the United States
- Intimate Terms
- Making the Modern World
- Pharaoh's Flowers
- Picturing Plants
- Prairies and Plains
- The Discovery of Human Antiquity
- The Egyptian Book of the Dead
- The Last Word
- The Nude
- The Pencil of Nature
- The Possession
- The Pygmalion Complex
- Ruffner's Allusions
- Troubled Waters
- Walls Are Talking
- When Your Doctor Says: Breast Cancer
- When Your Doctor Says: Diabetes
- When Your Doctor Says: Heart Disease
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Description
Ruffner’s Allusions documents the deeper meanings of words—from Shakespeare, Dickens, and other authors; from The Bible and other holy books; from Greek, Roman, and other mythologies; from American, European, Eastern, and other legends; and from the arts, business, the movies, radio and television.
This reference work has established itself as the essential starting place for students and general readers interested in understanding the meaning of the many allusions found both in written materials and in everyday speech.
The third edition of Ruffner’s Allusions includes 3,500 new allusions (for a total of more than 12,000). The authors have significantly updated several important areas: allusions from the past 20 years, with an emphasis on technology, politics, and popular culture, as well as allusions to real people, to non-Judeo-Christian faiths, and to children’s literature.About the Author
Frederick Ruffner is the founder of both the Gale and Omnigraphics publishing companies and is responsible for numerous of the most important reference books established during the second half of the 20th century. His co-author, Laurence Urdang, during his lifetime, edited or compiled more than 100 books about language and usage.