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1、oxfordworld’sclassicsTHEVICAROFWAKEFIELDOliverGoldsmithwasbornin1730(?),thesecondsonofCharlesGoldsmith,curateoftheparishofKilkennyWestinWestMeathinIreland.In1745hewasadmittedtoTrinityCollegeDublin.Hequicklydissipatedhissavingsbygambling,whichwastobecomeanabidinginterest.AfterperiodsattheUniv
2、ersitiesofEdinburghandLeydenhespent1755–6travellinginEurope,whereheisreputedtohaveekedoutalivingbyplayingthefluteanddisputingdoctrinalpointsatmonasteriesanduniversities.BeforeembarkingonawritingcareerheworkedinLondonasanapothecary’sassistant,adoctor,andaschoolusher.Acombinationofoverwork,worr
3、y,andpoorself-treatmenthastenedhisdeathin1774.Goldsmith’sabilityandrangeasaprofessionalwriterwereconsiderable.BestknownperhapsforTheVicarofWakefield,hewasalsotheauthorofbiographies,anthologies,translations,poems(TheTraveller,1764,andTheDesertedVillage,1770),plays(SheStoopstoConquer,1773),aswe
4、llasnumerousreviewsandessays.ArthurFriedmanisthelatedistinguishedProfessorofEnglishattheUniversityofChicagoandeditorofGoldsmith’sCollectedWorks.RobertL.MackisalecturerintheSchoolofEnglishattheUniversityofExeter.HehaspreviouslytaughtatPrincetonUniversityandVanderbiltUniversity,andistheeditoro
5、ftheArabianNights’EntertainmentsandOrientalTalesforOxfordWorld’sClassics.Hisbiog-raphyofthepoetThomasGraywaspublishedbyYaleUniversityPressin2000.oxfordworld’sclassicsForover100yearsOxfordWorld’sClassicshavebroughtreadersclosertotheworld’sgreatliterature.Nowwithover700titles—fromthe4,000-year
6、-oldmythsofMesopotamiatothetwentiethcentury’sgreatestnovels—theseriesmakesavailablelesser-knownaswellascelebratedwriting.Thepocket-sizedhardbacksoftheearlyyearscontainedintroductionsbyVirginiaWoolf,T.S.Eliot,GrahamGreene,andotherliteraryfigureswhichenrichedtheexperienceofreading.Todaytheserie
7、sisrecognizedforitsfinescholarshipandreliabilityintextsthatspanworldliterature,dramaandpoetry,religion,philosophyandpolitics.Eacheditionincludesperceptivecommentaryandessentialbackgroundinformationtomeetthechangingneedsofreaders.OXFORDWORLD’SCLASSIC
