| Description |
1 online resource (1481 entries) : 1 image, digital files. |
| Contents |
Angels -- Animals: A Brief Taxonomic Tour -- Birds -- Blue -- Body Parts -- Bridges -- Cats and their Relatives -- Chess -- Compass Points -- Creation -- Dance of Death -- Days of the Week -- Death and the Maiden -- Dogs and their Relatives -- Don Juan -- Drink -- Endymion -- Faust or Faustus -- Fish -- Flowers -- Food -- Francesca da Rimini -- Gardens -- Green -- Insects and Arachnids -- I Was a ... and I Married a ... -- Letters, Symbols and Initials -- The Little Book of ... -- London Places -- Long Titles -- Meals -- Meteorology -- Monosyllabic Titles --Months -- Musical Instruments -- Numbers -- The Oddest Title of the Year Award -- Prometheus -- Punch -- Red and Scarlet -- Robert le Diable -- St Cecilia -- Salome -- Scatology-- The Seasons and The Four Seasons -- Streets -- Till Eulenspiegel -- Times of Day -- A Time to... -- Towns and Cities -- Undine -- US States -- Writers, Artists and Composers. |
| Access |
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. |
| Summary |
"Find the origins of obscure titles of over 1,500 films, novels, plays, paintings, and musical compositions."--Publisher's description. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Note |
Description based on title page of print version. |
| Subject |
Titles of publications -- Dictionaries.
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Titles of works of art -- Dictionaries.
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Titles of motion pictures -- Dictionaries.
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Titles of musical compositions -- Dictionaries.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Crofton, Ian.
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Credo Reference (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Curious titles. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: 0304361305 9780304361304 (DLC) 2003271101 ix, 548 p. |
| ISBN |
781849721813 (online) |
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780304361304 (print) |
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0304361305 (print) |
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