查爾斯·狄更斯

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；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?！坝骷疑絽矔痹嬗纱笥D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

　　Charles Dickens (1812-1870) is probably Britains best-known and best-loved　author. His novels， such as Pickwick Papers， David Copperfield， Great Expectations and A Christmas Carol， have delighted generations of readers with their warmth and gentle humour， and his own colourihl and hectic life helped to shape some of his most vibrant scenes and famous characters.　　His impoverished childhood - dogged by his fathers debts and imprisonment in London - and years as a parliamentary journalist and legal clerk， brought Dickens first-hand experience of city life， enabling him to expose its realities， injustices and hardships in works such as Oliver Twist， Bleak House and Little Dorrit. He was often disillusioned with society and championed the welfare of the common man through social， education and housing reforms， which found some of their widest expression in over a hundred articles he wrote for his weekly magazine， Household Words. Father of ten children， Dickens struggled with an unhappy marriage， but he worked untiringly all his life， achieving great fame and fortune. His reading tours， which indulged his love of the stage， enabled him to reach his audiences in Britain and America， and his editing and writing have produced an abundant legacy which continues to inform and delight readers to this day.　　Illustrated throughout with letters， manuscripts， engravings and photographs， Elizabeth ]amess concise biography provides a revealing portrait of a prolific， talented and highly esteemed literary genius.

作者簡介

作者：(英國) 詹姆斯 (James.E.) Elizabeth James is Head of British Collections, 1801-1914, at The British Library, where she has been responsible for a number of exhibitions relating to nineteenth-century authorship and publishing. Her previous books include Thomas Hardy, 1840-1928 (The British Library; 1990) and Penny Dreadfuls and Boys' Adventures (co-authored with Helen Smith,TheBritish  Library, 1998); she is currently working on an edition of Nicholas Nickleby for the Clarendon Press.

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EARLY CHILDHOOD 1812-1822LONDON 1822-1827APPRENTICE YEARS 1827-1836THE INIMITABLE BOZ 1837-1842AMERICA 1842-1844EUROPE 1844-1846DOMBEY AND SON ANDDAVID COPPERFIELD  1847-1851DARKENING DAYS 1852-1856THE END OF HIS MARRIAGE 1857-1858CELEBRATED AUTHOR 1859-1865FINAL YEARS 1865-1870CHRONOLOGYFURTHER READINGINDEXACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

章節(jié)摘錄

插圖：By this time John Dickens, who had been borrowing heavily, was in seriousfinancial difficulties, and during the summer of 1821 the family was forced to move toa smaller house in a rougher part of town near the dockyard. A year later he wasrecalled to Somerset House in London, and this idyllic period came to an abrupt end.For a few weeks Charles stayed behind with the Giles family until he too had to leave,travelling alone in a stagecoach with his few possessions and a copy of Goldsmith's TheBee which his schoolmaster had given him as a parting gift. He never forgot the dismaljourney, nor the smell of the damp straw 'in which I was packed - like game - andforwarded'. 'There was no other inside passenger,' he wrote bitterly many years later,'and I consumed my sandwiches in solitude and dreariness, and it rained hard all theway, and I thought life sloppier than I had expected to find it.'

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《查爾斯·狄更斯》講述了：查爾斯·狄更斯是19世紀英國批判現(xiàn)實主義小說家，屬于馬克思所稱贊的“英國的一批杰出的小說家”，他在“自己的卓越的、描寫生動的書籍中向世界揭示的政治和社會真理，比一切職業(yè)政客、政論家和道德家加在一起所揭示的還要多”。狄更斯特別注意描寫生活在英國社會底層的“小人物”的生活遭遇，深刻地反映了當時英國復雜的社會現(xiàn)實，為英國批判現(xiàn)實主義文學的開拓和發(fā)展做出了卓越的貢獻。 狄更斯一生中共創(chuàng)作了十余部長篇小說，其中《老古玩店》、《董貝父子》、《艱難時世》、《雙城記》等為我國讀者所熟知。這部介紹狄更斯的傳記按照時間順序，較為詳細介紹了狄更斯的生平和創(chuàng)作。除此之外，編者還在書中配有許多具有史料價值的圖片，為我們深入研究狄更斯的個人生活、作品手稿、出版情況、風土人情、社會風貌等提供了寶貴的視覺資料。

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