to preface a work

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• Preface —   As employed here the term grass applies only to species included in the Poaceae, one of the largest families of flowering plants. However, the word is often applied to any herbaceous plant with long, narrow leaves. A similar view was adopted by …   Etymological dictionary of grasses

• Preface —   Since the publication of the first edition of The Deleuze Dictionary in 2005 there has been a tremendous proliferation of scholarship that engages with the concepts and principles Deleuze developed throughout his life and in collaboration with… …   The Deleuze dictionary

• Preface —   Since the publication of the first edition of The Deleuze Dictionary in 2005 there has been a tremendous proliferation of scholarship that engages with the concepts and principles Deleuze developed throughout his life and in collaboration with… …   The Deleuze dictionary

• Preface — For Stacey, My own Beatrice I owe an important debt of gratitude to the contributors whose expertise helped put this book together. They are listed individually at the end of the volume, but I must specifically acknowledge the work of Albrecht… …   Encyclopedia of medieval literature

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