本書は現代の小説における主なテーマ、パターン、議論の魅力的な概説書です。そのジャンル、形式、実験主義、モダニズムとポストモダニズムから受け継いだもの、グローバリゼーションやテロリズムとの関係、科学の影響力…現代フィクションがいかに現代社会の姿を映し出し、同時に著者と読者の芸術性への嗜好を反映したものであるかを検証します。     A must-read for all ... 続きを読む

A diverse selection of well-known British place-names, explaining the origin and meaning of each of them The most up-to-date edition available with approximately 200 new entries such as Aperfield ... 続きを読む

Edited by Ian Ridpath, prolific astronomy author and broadcaster, with the help of more than 20 expert contributors Contains over 4,300 entries on all aspects of astronomy Worldwide coverage of ... 続きを読む

I have heard men say, that seeing is believing; but I should say that feeling is believing.' Anna Sewell's famous 'Autobiography of a Horse, published in 1877, is one of the bestselling novels in ... 続きを読む

The first new translation of this powerful novel since 1894, and the first unabridged translation in English. The eighteenth novel in Zola's Rougon-Macquart series, Money has many conte ... 続きを読む

What is poetry, how many kinds of it are there, and what are their specific effects?' Aristotle's Poetics is the most influential book on poetry ever written. A founding text of European aesthet ... 続きを読む

Now fully revised and updated with the latest guidelines, this new edition of the Oxford Handbook of Paediatrics is a compact guide to all aspects of acute and chronic paediatrics. The handbook's team ... 続きを読む

Based on the bestselling Oxford Companion to English Literature, this is an indispensable, compact guide to all aspects of English literature. Over 5,500 new and revised A to Z entries give unrivalled ... 続きを読む

狂気は恐ろしいと同時に人の心を魅了するものでもあります。そして狂気という言葉は誰にとっても馴染みがあり、人の想像力につきまといます。本書は狂気に対するさまざまな社会的、歴史的、文化的反応を過去に遡って見ていきます。    Provocative, entertaining and authoritative examination of a notorious con ... 続きを読む

Over 45,000 words, phrases, and definitions and 65,000 synonyms Clear and easy to understand layout with dictionary and thesaurus entries integrated Discover more on oxforddictionaries.com, Oxf ... 続きを読む