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1、oxfordworld’sclassicsFLATLANDEdwinAbbottAbbott(1838–1926)wasbestknowninhisowndayasaneducatorandtheologian.AgraduateofStJohn’sCollege,Cambridge,heservedasheadmasteroftheCityofLondonSchoolfrom1865to1869,duringwhichperiodhebroadenedthecurriculumtoincludeEnglishliteratureandscience.Hepubli
2、shednumeroustextbooksongrammarandrhetoric,includingAShake-speareanGrammar(1869),aswellasstudiesofthelifeandworkofFrancisBacon.AsanordainedAnglicanpriest,headoptedaliberalor‘BroadChurch’approachthatinterpretedtheBiblemetaphoricallyratherthanliterally,apositionthatbroughthimintoconflictwi
3、ththemoreconservativetheologyofCardinalNewman.Hisextensivewritingsontheologyincludesermons,historicalnovelsimagininglifeintheearlyChristianera,andaten-volumestudyofbiblicalinterpretation.ButitistoFlatland,thefancifulmathematical‘romance’publishedanonymouslyin1884,thatheoweshisreputatio
4、ntoday.RosemaryJannisProfessorofEnglishandCulturalStudiesatGeorgeMasonUniversity.InadditiontoseveralarticlesonAbbottandVictorianviewsofthefourthdimension,shehaspublishedbooksonVictorianhistoriographyandSherlockHolmesandvariousstudiesoftheusesofscienceinVictoriansocialthought.oxfordworl
5、d’sclassicsForover100yearsOxfordWorld’sClassicshavebroughtreadersclosertotheworld’sgreatliterature.Nowwithover700titles—fromthe4,000-year-oldmythsofMesopotamiatothetwentiethcentury’sgreatestnovels—theseriesmakesavailablelesser-knownaswellascelebratedwriting.Thepocket-sizedhardbacksofth
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7、perceptivecommentaryandessentialbackgroundinformationtomeetthechangingneedsofreaders.OXFORDWORLD’SCLASSICSEDWINA.ABBOTTFlatlandARomanceofManyDimensionsEditedwithanIntroductionandNotesbyROSEMARYJANN13GreatClarendonStreet,Oxfordox26dpOxfordUniversityPressisadepartmentoftheUniversityofO
