Guides: RELST/LIT 349 / American Scriptures: Background Materials

Background Materials

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Documents the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words. Trace the historical evolution of a word using quotations found in sources ranging from classic literature to cookbooks.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations by John Bartlett; Justin Kaplan
Call Number: Compact Stacks - Reference PN6081 .B27 1992
ISBN: 0316082775
Publication Date: 1992-11-04
Cassell's Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins by Nigel Rees
Call Number: Compact Stacks - Reference PE1580 .R44 2002
ISBN: 0304362255
Publication Date: 2002-05-01
The Facts on File Dictionary of Cliches by Christine Ammer
Call Number: Compact Stacks - Reference PE1689 .A48 2001
ISBN: 0816043566
Publication Date: 2001-10-01
Folklore by Thomas A. Green (Editor)
Call Number: Compact Stacks - Reference GR35 .F63 1997
ISBN: 087436986X
Publication Date: 1997-12-01
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of World Folklore and Folklife by William M. Clements
Call Number: Compact Stacks - Reference GR35 .G75 2006
ISBN: 0313328471
Publication Date: 2005-12-30
Stone the Crows by John Ayto (Editor); John Simpson (Editor)
Call Number: Compact Stacks - Reference PE3721 .O94 2008
ISBN: 9780199543700
Publication Date: 2008-09-11