The Professor and the Madman, masterfully researched and eloquently written, is an extraordinary tale of madness, genius, and the incredible obsessions of two remarkable men that led to the making of the Oxford English Dictionary--and literary history. The compilation of the OED, begun in 1857, was one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken. As definitions were collected, the overseeing committee, led by Professor James Murray, discovered that one man, Dr. W C. Minor, had submitted more than ten thousand. When the committee insisted on honoring him, a shocking truth came to light: Dr. Minor, an American Civil War veteran, was also an inmate at an asylum for the criminally insane.</P>
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西蒙·温切斯特(Simon Winchester)
英国著名作家、记者。生于1944年,毕业于牛津大学地质系。曾任《卫报》及《星期日泰晤士报》海外特派员,并为《纽约时报》《国家地理杂志》及BBC等媒体撰稿,现居美国。
温切斯特长于描述历史事件,《教授与疯子》《喀拉喀托火山》《改变世界的地图》等小说多次登上《纽约时报》畅销书榜单。温切斯特凭借在新闻及文学领域的贡献,于2006年获大英帝国勋章。
已值深秋,翻开豆瓣的书单,才发现今年的阅读计划大幅被搁浅。不过也有些意外收获,最特殊的就属这本《疯子与教授》。 我不是很喜欢英语,不是因为它不够好,而是因为它再好,也好不过中文。这种感觉就好比你爱上一个姑娘以后,很难再爱去别人。 所以,有关《牛津英语词典》...
评分最近因为出了新版的缘故,听到这本书,从图书馆找来了旧版看。故事讲得很有趣味,流畅。书又薄。于是一下子读完了。 其中让我心生感慨的,还是一本大词典的诞生过程。这是一项非常枯燥的工作,要看指定的书籍,从浩浩纸堆中记录下一个词汇的用法,引语,出处。一本完了接着又...
评分对于词典,每一个英语专业的人可能都有一种复杂的感情。而说起词典每个人可能都有一箩筐的故事在那里。一本厚厚的词典几乎就是这个专业的标配。同样一本称心的词典亦能给学习助力颇多。即便是在数字化的今天,手持一本厚厚的词典仍能顿感牛气了不少。 大学四年下来,用过的词...
评分知识的癫狂故事 关于《教授与疯子》 这个小说的开场是一场凶杀案。在伦敦泰晤士河边上贫民窟的一条街道上,凌晨两点,一个上早班的工人被一个来历不明的男子枪杀了。这个维多利亚时代寒冷街头发生的恐怖一幕,有着侦探小说的所有要素,但此后故事的河道陡然掉...
彪悍自宫男与疯人院图书馆的辞典式传记- -!读书也无法摆脱魔鬼啊,可惜了。也只能说天才与疯子仅一线之隔吧。
评分Intriguing anecdotes of the intellectual who contributed immensely to the OED,yet was confined in the Bethlem,where he still had his life,though this former US army surgeon remains in delusions. Despite contents,the language is largely British and thus harsh to me,but above all it's surprisingly no-academic given that the book is intellectual.
评分Friendship between two intellectuals more or less leveled with Marx and Engeles. James Murray actually collaborated with a sociopath suffering from post trauma stress on OED! Is it a true story!
评分一直在书单里。由于年纪的生长,终于沉下心来读过。the sympathetic tenderness of the intellectuals.
评分Intriguing anecdotes of the intellectual who contributed immensely to the OED,yet was confined in the Bethlem,where he still had his life,though this former US army surgeon remains in delusions. Despite contents,the language is largely British and thus harsh to me,but above all it's surprisingly no-academic given that the book is intellectual.
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