Why do we quote? : the culture and history of quotation
Finnegan, Ruth H.
Why do we quote? : the culture and history of quotation / Ruth Finnegan - 1 online resource (xvi, 327 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-319) and index.
I. Setting the present scene 1. Prelude : a dip in quoting's ocean 2. Tastes of the present : the here and now of quoting 3. Putting others' words on stage : arts and ambiguities of today's quoting II. Beyond the here and now 4. Quotation marks : present, past, and future 5. Harvesting others' words : the long tradition of quotation collections 6. Quotation in sight and sound 7. Arts and rites of quoting 8. Controlling quotation : the regulation of others' words and voices III. Distance and presence 9. What is quotation and why do we do it?
9781906924355
Quotation
Quotations--History
Quotation--Social aspects
080.9
Why do we quote? : the culture and history of quotation / Ruth Finnegan - 1 online resource (xvi, 327 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-319) and index.
I. Setting the present scene 1. Prelude : a dip in quoting's ocean 2. Tastes of the present : the here and now of quoting 3. Putting others' words on stage : arts and ambiguities of today's quoting II. Beyond the here and now 4. Quotation marks : present, past, and future 5. Harvesting others' words : the long tradition of quotation collections 6. Quotation in sight and sound 7. Arts and rites of quoting 8. Controlling quotation : the regulation of others' words and voices III. Distance and presence 9. What is quotation and why do we do it?
9781906924355
Quotation
Quotations--History
Quotation--Social aspects
080.9