First published in 1923, this anthology provides a cross-section of Lawrence's writing on American literature. It includes landmark essays on Benjamin Franklin, Fenimore Cooper, Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville and Walt Whitman. The volume offers the final 1923 version of the text in a newly corrected and uncensored form, and earlier (often very different) ...(展开全部)

This is a fascinating collection of human stories. Some are well-known case studies that have informed clinical practice, others are relatively unknown. For this edition, Rolls has added recent research findings on each case study of Washoe, the ape who could communicate; the much debated case of Holly Ramona and repressed memory; and Kim Peek, the real 'Rainman'. Classic Case ...(展开全部)

Heard about the child who was locked away from the world until the age of 13? Or the man who was turned on by prams? From the woman with multiple personalities, to the man with no brain, this is a compelling collection of truly unique psychological case studies. A strange book full of even stranger stories, "Classic Case Studies in Psychology" is a collection of fascinating hum...(展开全部)

The connotations of words drawn from usage in English literature are studied to recover lost meanings and analyze function in this classic study of verbal communication by an authoritative analyst of the English language.

Language - in its communicative and playful functions, its literary formations and its shifting meanings - is a perennially fascinating topic. C. S. Lewis's Studies in Words explores this fascination by taking a series of words and teasing out their connotations using examples from a vast range of English literature, recovering lost meanings and analysing their functions. It do...(展开全部)

Language - in its communicative and playful functions, its literary formations and its shifting meanings - is a perennially fascinating topic. C. S. Lewis's Studies in Words explores this fascination by taking a series of words and teasing out their connotations using examples from a vast range of English literature, recovering lost meanings and analysing their functions. It do...(展开全部)

C.S.刘易斯（1898-1963），英国20世纪著名的文学家，学者，杰出的批评家，公认的二十世纪最重要的基督教作者之一。他毕生研究文学、哲学、神学，尤其对中古及文艺复兴时期的英国文学造诣尤深，著作宏富，堪称为英国文学研究的巨擘。 丁骏，复旦大学英语系副教授，研究领域为英汉双语词典，英汉翻译等。常年从事英语文学翻译，现为上海市翻译家协会理事。

Language - in its communicative and playful functions, its literary formations and its shifting meanings - is a perennially fascinating topic. C. S. Lewis's Studies in Words explores this fascination by taking a series of words and teasing out their connotations using examples from a vast range of English literature, recovering lost meanings and analysing their functions. It do...(展开全部)