伊麗莎白·巴雷特·布朗寧與羅伯特·布朗寧

前言

普通中國讀者，包括英語專業(yè)的學生，對于英國文學的了解一般只限于個別經(jīng)典作品，而對作家其人其事及其整個文學創(chuàng)作情況所知甚少。其中部分的原因是文學史家們編寫的英國文學史往往注重介紹作品的情節(jié)內(nèi)容，對作家的生活經(jīng)歷、作品的具體創(chuàng)作過程著墨不多。上海外語教育出版社從英國大英圖書館出版社（The British Librarv）引進出版“英國作家生平叢書”，彌補了這方面的缺憾。該叢書以圖文并茂的形式講述莎士比亞等14位英國著名作家的生平故事，同時穿插介紹他們的作品，有助于充實讀者對英國文學的認識。英國文學源遠流長，經(jīng)歷了長期復雜的發(fā)展演變過程。在這個過程中，文學本體以外的各種現(xiàn)實的、歷史的、政治的、文化的力量對文學發(fā)生著影響，而作家個體的獨特生活遭遇也是造就文學杰作的一個重要因素?！坝骷疑絽矔睂?4位名家的傳記式介紹，充分展示了這一點。戲劇方面，莎士比亞是英國文藝復興時期最杰出的劇作家，他當過演員，其作品思想內(nèi)容深刻、藝術(shù)表現(xiàn)手法精湛，歷經(jīng)幾個世紀長演不衰。詩歌方面，浪漫主義詩人華茲華斯、柯勒律治、拜倫、濟慈的不同身世對他們的詩歌創(chuàng)作及藝術(shù)風格產(chǎn)生深刻影響；維多利亞時代詩人伊麗莎白·巴雷特和羅伯特·布朗寧的愛情故事是英國文壇的一段佳話。小說方面，狄更斯是19世紀英國最偉大的小說家，他的許多小說以孤兒為主人公，這與作家童年時代的一段不幸經(jīng)歷有關(guān)；康拉德來自波蘭，將自己奇特的身世背景和航海經(jīng)歷交融在字里行間；女作家奧斯丁、瑪麗·雪萊、勃朗特姐妹、伍爾夫以女性特有的視角和敏銳的觀察描摹人性與社會，思考婦女的生存狀況，她們的小說無論在思想主題、題材表現(xiàn)方面，還是在敘述手法上，都有創(chuàng)新，對推動英國文學的發(fā)展作出了突出貢獻。“英國作家生平叢書”原版由大英圖書館出版社出版，體現(xiàn)出圖書館出版物的特點。書中配有大量的插圖，有些是珍貴的手稿，有些是罕見的照片，有些是博物館或美術(shù)館珍藏的油畫和素描，讓讀者有幸一睹作家的風采，產(chǎn)生直觀的感覺。這些插圖帶有不同時代的印記，營造出濃厚的歷史感。叢書的作者均為專業(yè)領(lǐng)域里有著較深造詣的學者，對史料的掌握系統(tǒng)全面，他們用生動的語言娓娓講述作家生平事跡，點評具體文學作品，書末還附有供讀者進一步閱讀的書單，推薦了有代表性的文獻，對英語專業(yè)學生撰寫課程論文或畢業(yè)論文很有幫助?！坝骷疑絽矔眱?nèi)容有趣，插圖精美，文字簡潔，兼顧普及性和專業(yè)性，是學習和了解英國文學的良師益友。

內(nèi)容概要

本書詳細介紹了19世紀中葉英國詩壇明星布朗寧夫婦的愛情、婚姻及追求文學事業(yè)的歷程。作者生動描述了伊麗莎白·布朗寧早年勤奮學習外語和苦心鉆研詩學的經(jīng)歷，同時介紹了她的詩歌所反映出的美學觀念、社會立場和政治態(tài)度。書中還介紹了羅伯特·布朗寧的成長過程以及他如何投身詩歌實驗并最終躋身文壇的曲折經(jīng)歷。     本書最引人入勝的部分也許是對布朗寧夫婦的愛情、婚姻以及國外生活的描寫，還有他們與許多文壇巨匠的交往和友誼。 此外，本書對布朗寧夫婦的一些重要作品進行了詳細的解讀，其間不時閃爍著詩人的靈感和智慧，折射出他們的理想和情懷。這部詩人傳記途述生動，資料翔實，脈絡(luò)清晰，圖文并茂，文筆流暢，是我國大學生、研究生和文學愛好乾不可多得的英語讀物。

作者簡介

作者：(英國) 蓋瑞特 (Garrett.M.) Dr Martin Garrett has written extensivelyon both nineteenth-century and Renais-sance literature. His previous books includeGreece: A Literary Companion, TraveUer'sLiterary Companion: Italy, and Venice: ACultural and Literary Companion. His earlierwork on the Brownings indudes editingElizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Brown-ing: Interviews and Recollections, and he is alsothe author of George Gordon, Lord Byron inthe British Library Writers' Lives series.

書籍目錄

ELIZABETH BARRETTROBERT BROWNINGCOURTSHIPMARRIAGEMEN AND WOMENPARIS AND LONDONAURORA LEIGHITALY,1856-1861ROBERT BROWNING,1861-1889CHRONOLOGYFURTHER READINGINDEX

章節(jié)摘錄

插圖：It is easy to read too much into this incident. Certainly father and daughterhad periods of close and evident affection afterwards. She felt great sympathy for hissituation when her mother died, unexpectedly, of rheumatoid arthritis in 1828. Butthe 'Development of Genius' affair shows one potential area for tension. EdwardBarrett was perhaps irritated less by the details of the poem than by a sense that hisdaughter's interests were moving away from his own, that she now needed him lessthan in childhood and adolescence. She still cared greatly about his reactions - 'Papawould be sorry to think how much he grieved me！' she concludes, half-lovingly, half-bitterly - but she increasingly tended to seek the opinion of friends, such as Price,the blind scholar Hugh Stuart Boyd who first wrote to her a month after the'Development of Genius' incident, or, later, her fellow writer Mary Russell Mitford.

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《伊麗莎白·巴雷特·布朗寧與羅伯特·布朗寧》由上海外語教育出版社出版。Elizabeth Barrett Brownirig and Robert Browning are known for their remarkablelove story, recorded in their letters to each other and such poems as her 'How doI love thee？Let me count the ways'. It was after their marriage and move to Italy -to avoid the wrath of Barrett Browning's controlling and eccentric father - thateach poet wrote their most modern and thought-provoking work, including the'dramatic monologues' of Browning's Men and Women.This biography traces the poets' lives, starting with Barrett Browning's intensivestudy of Greek （unusual for a girl of her time） and other languages, and her firstpoems, published anonymously at her father's expense. Browning, by contrast,wrote little poetry in his youth, branched out into playwriting in his twenties, andalthough he wrote many of his more memorable poems in the early 1850s,achieved critical acclaim only after his wife's death in 1861.The author describes Barrett Browning's complicated relations with her family;the couple's life in Pisa, Florence and Paris; the birth of their son, Pen; the growthand inspiration of their poetic styles; Barrett Browning's progressive social andpolitical ideas as expressed in such works as Aurora Leigh; and Browning's later lifeback in England, when he became a well-known figure in London society andpublished work including his late masterpiece The Ring and the Book, Other impor-tant aspects of the poets' lives are explored; their travels and their friendships withpeople prominent in the worlds of art, writing, and social theory, among themJohn Ruskin, Alfred Tennyson, W.M. Thackeray, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and theart historian and feminist Anna BrownellJameson.

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