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Author:

Grothe, Mardy.

Title:

Oxymoronica : paradoxical wit and wisdom from history's greatest wordsmiths / by Mardy Grothe.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

HarperCollins Publishers,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

viii, 246 p. ; 19 cm.

Subject:

Quotations, English.
Oxymoron.
Citations anglaises.
Oxymoron.

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

Oxymoronic wit and humor -- The human condition -- Sex, love and romance -- Marriage, home and family life -- Ancient oxymoronica -- Political oxymoronica -- Oxymoronica on stage and screen -- Artistic oxymoronica -- Oxymoronic insults (and a few compliments) -- Oxymoronic advice -- Descriptive oxymoronica -- The literary life -- Oxymoronic insights from world literature -- Inadvertent oxymoronica.

ISBN:

9780060536992
0060536993

OCLC:

(OCoLC)52727644

LCCN:

2003056646

Locations:

DFPC353 -- Ackley Public Library (Ackley)

MMPE553 -- Algona Public Library (Algona)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

NJPD993 -- Clarion Public Library (Clarion)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

RNPC397 -- Mary J. Barnett Memorial Library (Guthrie Center)

KEPC896 -- Keosauqua Public Library (Keosauqua)

GLAX641 -- Marshalltown Community College Library (Marshalltown)

GUPF501 -- Newton Public Library (Newton)

XFPB697 -- Stanton Public Library (Stanton)

CZPD706 -- West Liberty Public Library (West Liberty)