Oxymoronica : paradoxical wit and wisdom from history's greatest wordsmiths / by Mardy Grothe.

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New York : Harper Collins, c2004.

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24333

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Quotations, English.

Oxymoron.

Humor in literature.

Quotations.

Literature -- Dictionaries.

Contents:

1. Oxymoronic wit and humor

2. The human condition

3. Sex, love, and romance

4. Marriage, home, and family life

5. Ancient oxymoronica

6. Political oxymoronica

7. Oxymoronica on stage and screen

8. Artistic oxymoronica

9. Oxymoronic insults (and a few compliments)

10. Oxymoronic advice

11. Descriptive oxymoronica

12. The literary life

13. Oxymoronic insights from world literature

14. Inadvertent oxymoronica.

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Includes index.

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9780060536992

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viii, 246 p.