| ISBN |
0190669209 (cloth : alk. paper)
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| ISBN13桁 |
9780190669201 (cloth : alk. paper)
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| 無効なISBN等 |
9780190060794 (ebook)
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| テキストの言語 |
英語
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| 分類：NDC10版 |
830.2
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| 個人著者標目 |
Metcalf, Allan A.
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| 本タイトル |
The life of guy :
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| タイトル関連情報 |
Guy Fawkes, the Gunpowder Plot, and the unlikely history of an indispensable word /
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| 著者名 |
Allan Metcalf.
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| 出版地・頒布地 |
New York, NY :
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| 出版者・頒布者名 |
Oxford University Press,
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| 出版年・頒布年 |
[2019],
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| 数量 |
xi, 162 pages :
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| 他の形態的事項 |
illustrations ;
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| 大きさ |
19 cm
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| 書誌注記 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-158) and index.
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| 内容注記 |
Introduction: prominent terrorist becomes pronoun; summary -- Reformation -- The original guy -- The first public guy -- First Bonfire Day -- Gunpowder Days in England: the Pope and the guy -- Pope night in America: diminishing guy in the new world -- My pronoun, 'tis of thee: thou art lost and gone forever -- Guys in rags -- Ladies and gentlemen -- Roadblocks -- Modern Guy Fawkes -- Guys victorious -- The future.
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| 要約、抄録、注釈等 |
Had you said "What a guy!" in 17th-century England, anyone would have understood you were admiring a flaming effigy of Guy Fawkes of the Gunpowder Treason Plot. How times have changed! In America and, indeed, most of the English-speaking world, "guy" is so embedded in daily speech that we scarcely notice how odd it truly is: a singular "guy" referring to males only, a plural "guys" encompassing the entire human race. The journey from England's greatest villain to America's favorite second-person plural pronoun offers a story rich with surprising and unprecedented turns. Through his trademark breezy, highly readable style, acclaimed writer Allan Metcalf takes us deep into this history, uncovering the intrigue, murderous plots, and torture out of which the word emerged in 1605. From there, it's a thrilling run through 17th-century England, bloody religious controversies, and across the Atlantic to America, where the word took on a life of its own, exploding into popular culture and day-to-day conversation. From the disappearance of "thou," to George Washington and the American Revolution, to the modern revival of Guy Fawkes in V for Vendetta, Metcalf explores the improbable history of a simple word so indispensable to our daily lives, and that evokes deep insights into the evolution of English itself.
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| 個人件名 |
Fawkes, Guy,
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| 生没年等 |
1570-1606.
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| 一般件名 |
Guy (The English word)
Gunpowder Plot, 1605. |
| 資料情報1 |
『The life of guy :
Guy Fawkes, the Gunpowder Plot, and the unlikely history of an indispensable word /』 Allan Metcalf. Oxford University Press, [2019],
（所蔵館：中央
請求記号：F/830.2/M58/L
資料コード：7113774050）
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| URL |
https://catalog.library.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/winj/opac/switch-detail.do?lang=ja&bibid=1352048034 |
