书目

Uncle Tom's Cabin[汤姆叔叔的小屋]

内容简介

Thisisoneofthosebooksthateverybodyhasheardaboutbutfewpeoplethesedayshaveactuallyread.Itdeservestoberead-notsimplybecauseitisthebasisforsymbolssodeeplyingrainedinAmericanculturethatwenolongerrealizetheirsource,norbecauseitisoneofthebestsellingbooksofalltime.Thisisabookthatchangedhistory.HarrietBeecherStowewasappalledbyslavery,andshetookoneofthefewoptionsopentonineteenthcenturywomenwhowantedtoaffectpublicopinion:shewroteanovel,ahuge,enthrallingnarrativethatclaimedtheheart,soul,andpoliticsofpre-CivilWarAmericans.Itisunabashedpropagandaandovertlymoralistic,anattempttomakewhites-NorthandSouth-seeslavesasmothers,fathers,andpeoplewith(Christian)souls.Inatimewhenwomenmightseethemajorityoftheirchildrendie,HarrietBeecherStoweportraysbeautifulElizafleeingslaverytoprotectherson.Inatimewhenmanywhitesclaimedslaveryhad"goodeffects"onblacks,UncleTom'sCabinpaintspicturesofthreeplantations,eachworsethantheother,whereeventhebestplantationleavesaslaveatthemercyoffateordebt.Bytwentieth-centurystandards,herpropagandavergesonmelodrama,anditisclearthatevenwhilearguingfortheabolitionofslaveryshedidnotriseaboveherownracism.

作者简介

HarrietBeecherStowe(June14,1811–July1,1896)wasanAmericanabolitionistandauthor.HernovelUncleTom'sCabin(1852)depictedlifeforAfrican-Americansunderslavery;itreachedmillionsasanovelandplay,andbecameinfluentialintheUnitedStatesandUnitedKingdom.Itenergizedanti-slaveryforcesintheAmericanNorth,whileprovokingwidespreadangerintheSouth.Shewrotemorethan20books,includingnovels,threetravelmemoirs,andcollectionsofarticlesandletters.Shewasinfluentialbothforherwritingsandherpublicstandsonsocialissuesoftheday.HarrietElisabethBeecherwasborninLitchfield,ConnecticutonJune14,1811.Shewastheseventhofthirteenchildren,borntooutspokenreligiousleaderLymanBeecherandRoxanaFoote,adeeplyreligiouswomanwhodiedwhenStowewasonlyfiveyearsold.

丛书

Enriched Classics （Pocket）

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