Definition of Allusions. Meaning of Allusions. Synonyms of Allusions

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Definition of Allusions

Allusion
Allusion Al*lu"sion, n. [L. allusio, fr. alludere to allude: cf. F. allusion.] 1. A figurative or symbolical reference. [Obs.] 2. A reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned; a covert indication; indirect reference; a hint.

Meaning of Allusions from wikipedia

- explorations of the allusions in such works as Alexander Pope's The Rape of the Lock or T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land. In Homer, brief allusions could be made...
- Edgar Allan Poe. Blues Traveler's 1995 hit "Run-Around" opens with an allusion to the opening line of "The Raven": "Once upon a midnight dreary". Lou...
- Rheims translation of the New Testament, it overlooks a number of other allusions or correspondences. For example, Matthew 3.2 is translated in the Tyndale...
- Beatrice. The title of the 2010 novel Beatrice and Virgil's title is an allusion to two of the main characters in The Divine Comedy. Dante Quintana from...
- for his graphic novels Clan Apis, The Sandwalk Adventures, and Optical Allusions. Clan Apis, a Xeric Foundation Award winner, follows the life of a honey...
- This article lists parodies of and references to Thomas Carlyle in literature. William Maginn parodied Carlyle in the "Gallery of Literary Characters"...
- Part I is probably responsible for the greatest number of political allusions. One of the most commonly noted parallels is that the wars between Lilliput...
- 53–64. ISSN 0146-9339. JSTOR 26814627. Groves, Beatrice (2017). Literary Allusion in Harry Potter. Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315269337. ISBN 978-1-315-26933-7...
- eclecticism in art. Allusion is not pastiche. A literary allusion may refer to another work, but it does not reiterate it. Moreover, allusion requires the audience...
- and their titles used without any satirical intentions, the literary allusions in The Hungry Ghosts serve entirely different purposes, as Eileen Bender...