TY - BOOK AU - Ruffner,Frederick G. AU - Urdang,Laurence TI - Ruffner's allusions--cultural, literary, biblical, and historical: a thematic dictionary SN - 9780780811706 AV - PN43 .R844 2010 PY - 2010/// CY - Detroit, Michigan PB - Omnigraphics KW - Allusions KW - Dictionaries N1 - 1 (pages 821-866) and index; Preface to the third edition --; Preface to the second edition --; Preface to the first edition --; Table of descriptive categories --; Table of thematic categories --; How to use this book --; Allusions; 2 N2 - "A thematic dictionary, with almost 13,000 allusion entries organized under 730 thematic categories. Thematic categories are presented in alphabetical order; each thematic category is followed a list of allusions, including definitions, origins (nationality and genre), and sources. Includes a bibliography and index"--Provided by publisher ER -