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1、..oxfordworld’sclassicsFLATLANDEdwinAbbottAbbott(1838–1926)wasbestknowninhisowndayasaneducatorandtheologian.AgraduateofStJohn’sCollege,Cambridge,heservedasheadmasteroftheCityofLondonSchoolfrom1865to1869,duringwhichperiodhebroadenedthecurriculumtoincludeEnglishliteratureandscience.Hepublishednume
2、roustextbooksongrammarandrhetoric,includingAShake-speareanGrammar(1869),aswellasstudiesofthelifeandworkofFrancisBacon.AsanordainedAnglicanpriest,headoptedaliberalor‘BroadChurch’approachthatinterpretedtheBiblemetaphoricallyratherthanliterally,apositionthatbroughthimintoconflictwiththemoreconservat
3、ivetheologyofCardinalNewman.Hisextensivewritingsontheologyincludesermons,historicalnovelsimagininglifeintheearlyChristianera,andaten-volumestudyofbiblicalinterpretation.ButitistoFlatland,thefancifulmathematical‘romance’publishedanonymouslyin1884,thatheoweshisreputationtoday.RosemaryJannisProfess
4、orofEnglishandCulturalStudiesatGeorgeMasonUniversity.InadditiontoseveralarticlesonAbbottandVictorianviewsofthefourthdimension,shehaspublishedbooksonVictorianhistoriographyandSherlockHolmesandvariousstudiesoftheusesofscienceinVictoriansocialthought..oxfordworld’sclassicsForover100yearsOxfordWorld
5、’sClassicshavebroughtreadersclosertotheworld’sgreatliterature.Nowwithover700titles—fromthe4,000-year-oldmythsofMesopotamiatothetwentiethcentury’sgreatestnovels—theseriesmakesavailablelesser-knownaswellascelebratedwriting.Thepocket-sizedhardbacksoftheearlyyearscontainedintroductionsbyVirginiaWool
6、f,T.S.Eliot,GrahamGreene,andotherliteraryfigureswhichenrichedtheexperienceofreading.Todaytheseriesisrecognizedforitsfinescholarshipandreliabilityintextsthatspanworldliterature,dramaandpoetry,religion,philosophyandpolitics.Eacheditionincludesperceptivecommentaryandessentialbackgroundinformationtome
7、etthechangingneedsofreaders..OXFORDWORLD’SCLASSICSEDWINA.ABBOTTFlatlandARomanceofManyDimensionsEditedwithanIntroductionandNotesbyROSEMARYJANN1.3GreatClarendonStreet,Oxfordox26dpOxfordUniversityPressisadepartmentoftheUniversi
