Answers questions people really have about English, like "Why are there so many ways to say -gh?" and "Why is there an 'r' in Mrs.?" Explores the many quirks of English and how they are connected ... 続きを読む

シェイクスピアやデフォーの生きた近世イギリスーーそこに生きた人々も、現代の我々と同じように、民間ビジネスの社会的責任に強い関心を抱いていました。しかしビジネスを通した社会や国家への貢献は一筋縄ではいかないものでした。そうした社会貢献のスローガンは、どのように実現され、時に濫用され、また、政治家、劇作家、出版業界、その読者である市民は、ビジネスの社会貢献の不履行（や不正）に対しどのような反応をみせた ... 続きを読む

This is volume II of the first scholarly edition of the Golden Legend, the largest and most elaborate production of the first printer in English, William Caxton. It is an English translation of Jacobu ... 続きを読む

Provides cutting-edge analysis of the key topics, questions, and findings in comprehensive literature reviews. The articles, by leading authorities in the field, are written to be accessible to b ... 続きを読む

Essays help us understand how our contemporary sense of self and identity were formed across a variety of demographics Histories of topics of everyday interest, such as mental health and psychoth ... 続きを読む

December 2021 marks 150th years since first publication Features John Tenniel's much-loved illustrations Takes account of the most recent research and critical opinion Extensive explanatory n ... 続きを読む

This new edition is based on the original 3-volume first edition from 1839 published by Oxford University Press, which is now extremely rare One of the most important novels of British India, and ... 続きを読む

Published in English for the first time, The Marquise de Gange is a neglected Gothic classic by one of the most notorious authors in the literary canon Translated by a prize-winning tra ... 続きを読む

The Introduction draws on the latest Woolf scholarship which continues to naturally flourish, with Woolf's long-neglected short fiction finally attracting significant critical attention Updated b ... 続きを読む

One of Austen's five major novels in a new, updated edition The longest and most intricately plotted of all her works, it is designed to trick the reader as well as to engage his or her powers of ... 続きを読む