Brewer's curious titles [electronic resource]
2012
Book
Abstract: "Find the origins of obscure titles of over 1,500 films, novels, plays, paintings, and musical compositions."--Publisher's description.
Main title:
Brewer's curious titles [electronic resource] / compiled by Ian Crofton.
Work:
Imprint:
London [Eng.] : Cassell, 2002 (Boston, Mass. : Credo Reference, 2012.)
Collation:
1 online resource (1481 entries) : 1 image, digital files.
Notes:
Description based on title page of print version.
System details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Linking notes:
Print version: ix, 548 p.
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 restrictions:
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
ISBN:
0304361305 (print)
LC class:
Z1002
Language:
English
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BRN:
502723
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