The 18th edition of the venerable reference work has just been released, the first for the electronic age and a chance to take in some of the new faces, events and catchphrases of the past 10 years. General editor Geoffrey O\u2019Brien says he has expanded upon the trend set by his predecessor, Justin Kaplan, of incorporating popular culture into an anthology once known for classical citations. Shakespeare and the Bible still reign, but room also has been made for Madonna and Michael Moore, Justin Timberlake and Jon Stewart.<\/p>\n
\u201cI also added a great many quotes that originated in other languages. So I would say the new edition has a more international scope,\u201d says O\u2019Brien, an author and critic and editor in chief of the Library of America, which publishes hardcover volumes of canonical American authors.<\/p>\n
Little, Brown and Company hopes the new Bartlett\u2019s will appeal both as an old-fashioned coffee table hardcover, some 1,400 pages, and as an ultra-portable digital reference guide. Instead of releasing an e-book edition, the publisher has developed an app that does not simply replicate the printed book, but makes it ideal for digital devices and easy to share on Facebook or Twitter.<\/p>\n
Dozens of employees spent months working on the app, according to Brian Singh, mobile analyst for Little, Brown\u2019s parent company, Hachette Book Group. Some 20,000 quotations were categorized so those looking for a quick quote \u2014 say a love poem for a wedding speech \u2014 could simply search the word \u201clove.\u201d The app costs $3.95 and does not include any extra material, but it does have a digital feature, Quoto, which allows users to take a favorite citation, set it against a backdrop of choice and post it online.<\/p>\n
For the hardcover, O\u2019Brien said he removed some old poetry and forgotten phrases to make room for about 2,500 new quotes, including several from the Iraq War. Among them are President George W. Bush\u2019s call to \u201cBring \u2018em on\u201d in response to possible uprisings from insurgents and his declaration that he was the \u201cthe decider.\u201d The Dixie Chicks\u2019 Natalie Maines is mentioned for her on-stage remark that she was \u201cashamed\u201d Bush was from Texas, as is Moore\u2019s Academy Award acceptance speech when he criticized the war and called Bush a \u201cfictitious president.\u201d<\/p>\n
Seven Obama quotations are listed, from his campaign slogan \u201cYes, we can!\u201d to his announcement that U.S. special forces had killed Osama bin Laden. Palin\u2019s entry includes the quip from her speech at the 2008 Republican convention that the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull was \u201clipstick.\u201d Job\u2019s dying words, \u201cWow, oh wow,\u201d are among four citations for the late Apple CEO, including a 1987 comment that \u201cIt\u2019s more fun to be a pirate than to join the Navy.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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