Quotation MarksWritten with characteristic verve, Quotation Marks considers, among other subjects, how we depend upon the most quotable men and women in history, using great writers to bolster what we ourselves have to say. The entertaining turns and reversals of Marjorie Garber's arguments offer the rare pleasure of a true essayist. |
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... 147 10. Historical Correctness 177 11. The Jane Austen Syndrome 199 12. Fatal Cleopatra 211 13. Compassion 231 14. Who Owns " Human Nature " ? 243 Notes 273 Index 297 Contents Plates 1. Janet Rickus , Two Grapefruit , 1994 ,
... 147 10. Historical Correctness 177 11. The Jane Austen Syndrome 199 12. Fatal Cleopatra 211 13. Compassion 231 14. Who Owns " Human Nature " ? 243 Notes 273 Index 297 Contents Plates 1. Janet Rickus , Two Grapefruit , 1994 ,
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Contents
Quotation Marks | 7 |
Fashionable | 33 |
TryWorks | 47 |
MakeWork | 59 |
Sequels | 73 |
Vegetable Love | 83 |
A Case of Mstaken Identity | 105 |
Moniker | 121 |
MacGuffin Shakespeare | 147 |
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