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The adventurer's glossary / Joshua Glenn, Mark Kingwell, and illustrated by Seth.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Glenn, Joshua, 1967- author.
- Kingwell, Mark, 1963- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Adventure and adventurers.
- Names.
- Terms and phrases.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (335 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal, Quebec : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- The Adventurer's Glossary takes readers on their own semantic exploration. Through more than 500 terms, sourced from Shakespeare, military and biker jargon, hip hop and surfer slang, and beyond, Joshua Glenn considers meaning and selfhood. This diverting survey, paired with copious illustrations by cartoonist Seth, is introduced by Mark Kingwell.
- Contents:
- Cover
- THE ADVENTURER'S GLOSSARY
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- INTRODUCTION
- To the Golden Land: The Infinite Choose-Your-Own Adventure of Language and Narrative
- Dedication
- The Adventurer's Glossary
- TYPOLOGY
- A Typology of Adventure.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780228009474
- 0228009472
- 9780228009481
- 0228009480
- OCLC:
- 1246250152
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