The first edition of The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Quotations was described as 'a splendid book', 'a feast that combines comprehensiveness with clarity of presentation'. This new expanded edition further illuminates the world of the writer from classical literature to crime fiction and from the quill to the PC. Zadie Smith and Henry James contribute views on Ending, Alice Munro speculates on suitable Illustrations for modern novels ('barbed wire and blotches?'), and Michael Frayn and Seamus Heaney find the work of Translation can be 'like driving a Rolls-Royce' or 'scriptorium-slow'. New insights on authors include Ben Okri on Cervantes, Robertson Davies on Tennyson, and Douglas Adams on P. G. Wodehouse. With over 4,400 quotations, one-fifth new to this edition, there is something here for every aspiring writer, reviewer, or reader. There is a full keyword index to ensure that a favourite quotation can be quickly located, and the author index now includes short biographical descriptions.