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Candide

内容简介

Voltaire'sshockingwitandbitingportrayaloftheeighteenthcenturychurchandaristocracyarenowshowcasedinanewtranslationofCandide,abestsellerinitstimeandessentialreadingforadeeperunderstandingofVoltaireandEnlightenmentthought.Preservingthetext'sprovocativenatureaswellasitsaccuracy,DanielGordonhaspaidspecialattentiontoimprovingnotonlytherenderingofparticularwords,buttoVoltaire'ssemanticovertonesbyamplifyingthebook'sinnuendo,enhancingCandide'sreadabilityandensuringthatreaderswillnotmissboldfeaturesofthestory.TheintroductionplacesCandideandVoltaireintheirhistoricalcontext,relatingthecomplexitiesofVoltaire'slifetotheevents,philosophy,andcharactersofCandide,showingpreciselywhytheEnlightenmentisknownastheAgeofVoltaire.

作者简介

Voltaire(Fran?ois-MarieArouet)(1694—1778)wasoneofthekeythinkersoftheEuropeanEnlightenment.Ofhismanyworks,Candideremainsthemostpopular.PeterConstantinewasawardedthe1998PENTranslationAwardforSixEarlyStoriesbyThomasMannandthe1999NationalTranslationAwardforTheUndiscoveredChekhov:Forty-threeNewStories.WidelyacclaimedforhisrecenttranslationofthecompleteworksofIsaacBabel,healsotranslatedGogol’sTarasBulbaandTolstoy’sTheCossacksfortheModernLibrary.Histranslationsoffictionandpoetryhaveappearedinmanypublications,includingTheNewYorker,Harper’s,andParisReview.HelivesinNewYorkCity.

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