Tess of the d'Urbervilles：Introduction and notes by David Galef

作者 Thomas著David Galef著
出版社 Barnes & Noble
出版时间 2005年6月
ISBN 9781593082284
定价 69.00

内容简介

Tessofthed'Urbervilles,byThomasHardy,ispartoftheBarnes&NobleClassicsseries,whichoffersqualityeditionsataffordablepricestothestudentandthegeneralreader,includingnewscholarship,thoughtfuldesign,andpagesofcarefullycraftedextras.HerearesomeoftheremarkablefeaturesofBarnes&NobleClassics:Alleditionsarebeautifullydesignedandareprintedtosuperiorspecifications;someincludeillustrationsofhistoricalinterest.Barnes&NobleClassicspullstogetheraconstellationofinfluences—biographical,historical,andliterary—toenricheachreader'sunderstandingoftheseenduringworks.HighlycontroversialbecauseofitsfranklookatthesexualhypocrisyofVictoriansociety,ThomasHardy’sTessoftheD’Urbervilleswasnonethelessagreatcommercialsuccesswhenitappearedin1891.ItisnowconsideredoneofthefinestnovelsinEnglish.Usingrichlypoeticlanguagetoframeashatteringnarrativeoflove,seduction,betrayal,andmurder,HardytellsthestoryofTessDurbeyfield,abeautifulyoungwomanlivingwithherimpoverishedfamilyinWessex,thesouthwesternEnglishcountyimmortalizedbyHardy.Afterthefamilylearnsoftheirconnectiontothewealthyd’Urbervilles,theysendTesstoclaimaportionoftheirfortune.ShemeetsandisseducedbythedissoluteAlecd’Urbervilleandsecretlybearsachild,Sorrow,whodiesininfancy.Averydifferentman,AngelClare,seemstoofferTessloveandsalvation,butherejectsher—ontheirweddingnight—afterlearningofherpast.Emotionallybereft,financiallyimpoverished,andvictimizedbytheself-righteousrigidityofEnglishsocialmorality,Tessescapesfromherviseofpassionthroughahorrible,desperateact.Withitscompassionateportraitofayoungruralwoman,powerfulcriticismofsocialconvention,anddisarmingconsiderationoftheroleofdestinyinhumanlife,TessoftheD’UrbervillesisoneofthemostmovingandmemorableofHardy’snovels.DavidGalefhaspublishedninebooks:thenovelsFleshandTurningJapanese;twochildren'sbooks,TheLittleRedBicycleandTracks;twotranslationsofJapaneseproverbs,EvenMonkeysFallfromTreesandEvenaStoneBuddhaCanTalk;aworkofliterarycriticism,TheSupportingCast;aneditedanthologyofessayscalledSecondThoughts:AFocusonRereading;and,mostrecently,theshort-storycollectionLaughTrack.Inaddition,hehaswrittenmorethanseventyshortstoriesformagazinesrangingfromtheBritishPunchtotheCzechPragueRevue,theCanadianPrismInternational,andtheAmericanShenandoah.HisessaysandreviewshaveappearedintheNewYorkTimes,Newsday,theVillageVoice,TwentiethCenturyLiterature,TheColumbiaHistoryoftheBritishNovel,andmanyotherplaces.HeisaprofessorofEnglishattheUniversityofMississippi,wherehealsoadministerstheM.F.A.programincreativewriting.

作者简介

ThomasHardy(2June1840–11January1928)wasanEnglishnovelistandpoet.AVictorianrealist,inthetraditionofGeorgeEliot,hewasalsoinfluencedbothinhisnovelsandpoetrybyRomanticism,especiallybyWilliamWordsworth.CharlesDickensisanotherimportantinfluenceonThomasHardy.LikeDickens,hewasalsohighlycriticalofmuchinVictoriansociety,thoughHardyfocusedmoreonadecliningruralsociety.WhileHardywrotepoetrythroughouthislife,andregardedhimselfprimarilyasapoet,hisfirstcollectionwasnotpublisheduntil1898.InitiallythereforehegainedfameastheauthorofsuchnovelsasFarfromtheMaddingCrowd(1874),TheMayorofCasterbridge(1886),Tessofthed'Urbervilles(1891),andJudetheObscure(1895).However,sincethe1950sHardyhasbeenrecognizedasamajorpoet,andhadasignificantinfluenceonTheMovementpoetsofthe1950sand1960s,includingPhillipLarkin.Thebulkofhisfictionalworks,initiallypublishedasserialsinmagazines,weresetinthesemi-fictionalregionofWessexandexploredtragiccharactersstrugglingagainsttheirpassionsandsocialcircumstances.Hardy'sWessexisbasedonthemedievalAnglo-SaxonkingdomandeventuallycametoincludethecountiesofDorset,Wiltshire,Somerset,Devon,HampshireandmuchofBerkshire,insouthwestEngland.托马斯·哈代（ThomasHardy），英国诗人、小说家。他是横跨两个世纪的作家，早期和中期的创作以小说为主，继承和发扬了维多利亚时代的文学传统；晚年以其出色的诗歌开拓了英国20世纪的文学。哈代一生共发表了近20部长篇小说，其中最著名的当推《德伯家的苔丝》、《无名的裘德》(JudetheObscure)、《还乡》和《卡斯特桥市长》。诗8集，共918首，此外，还有许多以“威塞克斯故事”为总名的中短篇小说，以及长篇史诗剧《列王》。