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  2. Abbreviations for classical authors and texts - Wikipedia

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    The Oxford Classical Dictionary [1] [2] (OCD), which covers both Greek and Latin authors and texts. Either Liddell & Scott [3] (LSJ) or the Diccionario Griego-Español [4] (DGE) for Greek authors and texts, combined with either the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae [5] (TLL) or the Oxford Latin Dictionary [6] (OLD) for Latin authors and texts.

  3. Glossary of literary terms - Wikipedia

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    Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...

  4. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature

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    Title page. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature is a collection of biographies of writers by John William Cousin (1849–1910), published in 1910. Most of the entries consist of only one paragraph but some entries, like William Shakespeare's, are quite lengthy.

  5. List of biographical dictionaries - Wikipedia

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    Bingenheimer, Marcus, A Biographical Dictionary of the Japanese Student-Monks of the Seventh and Early Eighth Centuries, 2001. ISBN 978-3-89129-693-6. Hisamatsu, Sen'ichi, Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Literature, Kodansha International Ltd. in collaboration with the International Society for Educational Information, 1976. ISBN 0 87011 253 8.

  6. Dictionary of Literary Biography - Wikipedia

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    The Dictionary of Literary Biography is a specialist biographical dictionary dedicated to literature. Published by Gale, the 375-volume set [1] covers a wide variety of literary topics, periods, and genres, with a focus on American and British literature. [2]

  7. Wikipedia:Citing sources - Wikipedia

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    While citations should aim to provide the information listed above, Wikipedia does not have a single house style, though citations within any given article should follow a consistent style. A number of citation styles exist, including those described in the Wikipedia articles for Citation , APA style , ASA style , MLA style , The Chicago Manual ...

  8. Citation - Wikipedia

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    xkcd webcomic titled "Wikipedian Protester". The sign says: "[CITATION NEEDED]".[1]A citation is a reference to a source. More precisely, a citation is an abbreviated alphanumeric expression embedded in the body of an intellectual work that denotes an entry in the bibliographic references section of the work for the purpose of acknowledging the relevance of the works of others to the topic of ...

  9. Transgressive fiction - Wikipedia

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    Transgressive fiction is a genre of literature which focuses on characters who feel confined by the norms and expectations of society and who break free of those confines in unusual or illicit ways. [ 1 ]