Brewer's Curious Titles The Fascinating Stories Behind More Than 1500 Famous Titles
by Ian Crofton
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0304361305
- ISBN 13
- 9780304361304
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Kilkhampton , Cornwall, United Kingdom
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Pre Owned by one careful owner - Like New Condition
BREWER'S CURIOUS TITLES tells the often intriguing, and sometimes surprising, stories behind an array of titles of works of literature, music and the visual arts. Arranged in simple A-Z order by title, it explains the meanings of, and reasons for, the titles of more than 1500 famous and not-so-famous novels, films, poems, plays, paintings and works of classical music. Embracing titles as diverse and as baffling as Flann O'Brien's AT SWIM TWO-BIRDS and Salvador Dali's ATMOSPHERIC SKULL SODOMIZING A GRAND PIANO, BREWER'S CURIOUS TITLES serves up a feast of explanation, allusion, quotation and hidden meaning that will satisfy the appetite of the most inquisitive of cultural magpies.
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- Magpie Queen apm (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- APM0016
- Title
- Brewer's Curious Titles The Fascinating Stories Behind More Than 1500 Famous Titles
- Author
- Ian Crofton
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0304361305
- ISBN 13
- 9780304361304
- Publisher
- Cassell
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- April 28, 2003
- Pages
- 576
- Keywords
- Titles, works of art
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