TheRapeoftheLockandOtherMajorWritings

作者 Pope Alexander/ Damrosch Leo著
出版社 PenguinGroupUSA
出版时间 2011年6月
ISBN 9780140423501
定价 216.60

内容简介

'Thehungryjudgessoonthesentencesign,Andwretcheshangthatjurymenmaydine'AlexanderPope(1688-1744)wasthegreatestEnglishpoetofhisage,whoseacerbicinsightsintohumannaturehaveenteredthelanguage,andwhoseversestillastonisheswithitsenergyandinventivenesscenturiesafterhisdeath.ThisnewselectionofPope'sworkfollowsthepathofhispoeticgeniusoverhislifetime.Itcontainsearlypoemsincludingthemasterlymock-epic'TheRapeoftheLock',whichsatirizesanotorioussocietyscandalthroughsuperblycraftedheroiccouplets,thebrilliantlyaphoristic'AnEssayonCriticism'andexcerptsfromhistranslationoftheIliad.LaterpoemsrepresentedincludePope'sironicadaptationsofHorace'sEpistlesandSatires,andtheremarkable'Dunciad',astingingattackonhisliteraryrivalsandthemediocrityofGrubStreethacks.HeretooareselectedproseworksandlettersfromPopetohiscontemporariessuchasJohnGayandJonathanSwift.Thiseditioncontainsawide-rangingintroductionthatelucidatesPope'slife,poeticartandcontemporarycontexts,aswellasseparateintroductionstoeachpiece,achronology,furtherreading,biographyandextensivenotes.EditedwithanintroductionandnotesbyLEODAMROSCH

作者简介

ALEXANDERPOPEwasborninLondonin1688,thesonofawell-to-doRomanCatholicclothmerchant.In1709helaunchedhiscareerwithasetoffourpastorals,followedbyAnEssayonCriticism,WindsorForestandthemock-epicRapeoftheLock,whichcementedhisreputationasthegreatestpoetoftheage.LaterworksincludedtheDunciad,EpistlestoSeveralPersonsandtheambitiousEssayonMan.Popediedin1743.LEODAMROSCH,ErnestBernbaumProfessorofLiteratureatHarvardUniversity,istheauthorofeightbooksonseventeenth-andeighteenth-centuryliteratureandculture,includingTheImaginativeWorldofAlexanderPope,God'sPlotandMan'sStories:StudiesintheFictionalImaginationfromMiltontoFielding,andJean-JacquesRousseau:RestlessGenius.

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