George Mikes has written many successful books on a variety of interesting subjects, but one so successful as those on the subject most central to his own experience: his adopted country. The first of these came out in 1946: the ever famous "How to be an Alien". Later he enlarges the picture with "How to be Inimitable" and "How to be Decadent". All three books were illustrated ...(展开全部)

George Mikes has written many successful books on a variety of interesting subjects, but one so successful as those on the subject most central to his own experience: his adopted country. The first of these came out in 1946: the ever famous "How to be an Alien". Later he enlarges the picture with "How to be Inimitable" and "How to be Decadent". All three books were illustrated ...(展开全部)

This is a book about one of the great untold stories of modern cultural life: the remarkable ascendancy of prizes in literature and the arts. Such prizes and the competitions they crown are almost as old as the arts themselves, but their number and power--and their consequences for society and culture at large--have expanded to an unprecedented degree in our day. In a wide-rang...(展开全部)

作者简介 [美]詹姆斯·F. 英格利希，美国文化理论家、文学社会学和数据驱动人文研究方法的领军人物。他目前是宾夕法尼亚大学教授、普莱斯数字人文研究所创始人和主任，曾担任欧洲文化节顾问委员会委员 (2009一2011)、美国国家图书奖小说类评委会主席（2016）等，主要研究领域为文化社会学与经济学、文学研究学科史，及当代英国小说、电影和电视。他正在撰写的《以数计美》(Beauty by the Numbers)研究了当代文学、艺术领域的评级和排名体系。 译者简介 芮小河 西安外国语大学欧美文学研究中心教授，博士生导师，主要研究领域为当代英语文学、文化研究和文艺理论等。 党争胜 西安外国语大学教授，博士生导师，主要研究领域为文学翻译理论和翻译批评研究。