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Addison as Critic and Critical Theorist 作为批评家和批判理论家的艾迪生

Joseph Addison Pub Date : 2021-08-27 DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198814030.003.0006

M. Walsh

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‘More sensual Delights’ “更多感官享受”

Joseph Addison Pub Date : 2021-08-27 DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198814030.003.0007

J. Winn

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Addison and the Victorians 艾迪生和维多利亚时代的人

Joseph Addison Pub Date : 2021-08-27 DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198814030.003.0016

B. Young

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Addison and France 艾迪生和法国

Joseph Addison Pub Date : 2021-08-27 DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198814030.003.0012

Claire Boulard-Jouslin

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Coins and Circulation in Addison’s Prose 艾迪生散文中的硬币与流通

Joseph Addison Pub Date : 2021-08-27 DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198814030.003.0005

H. Power

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Was Addison a Poet? 爱迪生是诗人吗?

Joseph Addison Pub Date : 2021-08-27 DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198814030.003.0004

P. Davis

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Addison’s Modesty, or the Essayist as Spectator 艾迪生的谦虚，或作为旁观者的散文家

Joseph Addison Pub Date : 2021-08-27 DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198814030.003.0009

F. Parker

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Addison and the Romantics 艾迪生和浪漫主义者

Joseph Addison Pub Date : 2021-08-27 DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198814030.003.0015

G. Dart

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Nature and Imagination 自然与想象

Joseph Addison Pub Date : 2021-08-27 DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198814030.003.0014

F. Ogée

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Addison as Translator 艾迪生翻译

Joseph Addison Pub Date : 2021-08-27 DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198814030.003.0002

David Hopkins

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