Автор: Joyce Название: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man ISBN: 0199536449 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199536443 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 1107.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: One of the most significant literary works of the twentieth century, and one of the most innovative. Young Irish Catholic, Stephen Dedalus, rejects religion and national ties to develop unfettered as an artist. Stronly autobiographical, the novel is one of the founding texts of Modernism and the precursor of Ulysses.
Автор: Pope Название: Essay on Man ISBN: 1107619963 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107619968 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 2851.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Originally published in 1913 as part of the Pitt Press Series, this book contains the text of Alexander Pope`s poetic `epistles` on the nature of man, originally written between 1733 and 1734. Thompson prefaces the poems with a synopsis of each, as well as a history of their creation.
Описание: A smorgasbord of surprising, obscure, and exotic words
In this delightful encore to the national bestseller A Word A Day, Anu Garg, the founder of the wildly popular A Word A Day Web site (wordsmith.org), presents an all-new collection of unusual, intriguing words and real-life anecdotes that will thrill writers, scholars, and word buffs everywhere. Another Word A Day celebrates the English language in all its quirkiness, grandeur, and fun, and features new chapters ranging from ""Words Formed Erroneously"" and ""Red-Herring Words"" to ""Kangaroo Words,"" ""Discover the Theme,"" and ""What Does That Company Name Mean?"" In them, you'll find a treasure trove of curious and compelling words, including agelast, dragoman, mittimus, nyctalopia, quacksalver, scission, tattersall, and zugzwang. Each entry includes a concise definition, etymology, and usage example, interspersed with illuminating quotations.
Praise for a word a day
""Anu Garg's many readers await their A Word A Day rations hungrily. Now at last here's a feast for them and other verbivores. Eat up "" --Barbara Wallraff, Senior Editor at The Atlantic Monthly and author of Word Court
""AWADies will be familiar with Anu Garg's refreshing approach to words: words are fun and they have fascinating histories."" --John Simpson, Chief Editor, Oxford English Dictionary
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