WingsoftheDove(Barnes&NobleClassicsSeries)

作者 Henry James著
出版社 Barnes&Noble
出版时间 2005年2月
ISBN 9781593082963
定价 70.80

内容简介

TheWingsoftheDove,byHenryJames,ispartoftheBarnes&NobleClassicsseries,whichoffersqualityeditionsataffordablepricestothestudentandthegeneralreader,includingnewscholarship,thoughtfuldesign,andpagesofcarefullycraftedextras.HerearesomeoftheremarkablefeaturesofBarnes&NobleClassics:Alleditionsarebeautifullydesignedandareprintedtosuperiorspecifications;someincludeillustrationsofhistoricalinterest.Barnes&NobleClassicspullstogetheraconstellationofinfluences—biographical,historical,andliterary—toenricheachreader'sunderstandingoftheseenduringworks.OneofthreemasterpiecesfromHenryJames’sfinal,"major”phase,TheWingsoftheDovedramatizestheconflictbetweennineteenth-centuryvaluesandtwentieth-centurypassions.Borntowealthandprivilege,KateCroy’smotherthrewitallawaytomarryapennilessopiumaddict.Afterhermother’sdeath,Kateisofferedanopportunitytoreturntotheopulentlifestylehermothergaveup—ononecondition.Katemustrenouncethemansheloves:thewitty,good-looking,butpoor,MertonDensher.Reluctantlyagreeing,Katefindsherselfbecomingfriendswith"theworld’srichestorphan,”MillieTheale.WhenKatelearnsthatMillieisdying,shedevisesaplanofdizzyingpossibilityforherselfandMertonthatshouldsolvealltheirproblems,butinsteadleadsthemdownapathstrewnwithtragic,unexpectedconsequences.Firstpublishedin1902,thisrichandintriguingnovelhaslostnoneofitsfascinationandrelevanceacenturylater.BruceL.R.SmithisaFellowoftheHeymanCenterfortheHumanitiesofColumbiaUniversity.HehasservedasProfessorofPublicLawandGovernmentatColumbia,SeniorFellowattheBrookingsInstitution,andasanofficialintheU.S.StateDepartment.Heistheauthororeditorofsixteenscholarlybooks,andlectureswidelyonpublicaffairsandliterarytopics.

作者简介

HenryJamesHenryJameswasamasterattracingthesocialboundariesoftheGildedAge--betweenOldandNewWorld,EuropeandAmerica,desireandconvention,menandwomen.Hebroughtaninvaluablyclear-eyed,andcritical,sensibilitytoAmerica'sevolvingculturalmores.BiographyHenryJames(1843-1916),borninNewYorkCity,wasthesonofnotedreligiousphilosopherHenryJames,Sr.,andbrotherofeminentpsychologistandphilosopherWilliamJames.HespenthisearlylifeinAmericaandstudiedinGeneva,LondonandParisduringhisadolescencetogaintheworldlyexperiencesoprizedbyhisfather.HelivedinNewport,wentbrieflytoHarvardLawSchool,andin1864begantocontributebothcriticismandtalestomagazines.In1869,andthenin1872-74,hepaidvisitstoEuropeandbeganhisfirstnovel,RoderickHudson.Latein1875hesettledinParis,wherehemetTurgenev,Flaubert,andZola,andwroteTheAmerican(1877).InDecember1876hemovedtoLondon,wheretwoyearslaterheachievedinternationalfamewithDaisyMiller.OtherfamousworksincludeWashingtonSquare(1880),ThePortraitofaLady(1881),ThePrincessCasamassima(1886),TheAspernPapers(1888),TheTurnoftheScrew(1898),andthreelargenovelsofthenewcentury,TheWingsoftheDove(1902),TheAmbassadors(1903)andTheGoldenBowl(1904).In1905herevisitedtheUnitedStatesandwroteTheAmericanScene(1907).Duringhiscareer,healsowrotemanyworksofcriticismandtravel.Althougholdandailing,hethrewhimselfintowarworkin1914,andin1915,afewmonthsbeforehisdeath,hebecameaBritishsubject.In1916KingGeorgeVconferredtheOrderofMeritonhim.HediedinLondoninFebruary1916.AuthorbiographycourtesyofPenguinGroup(USA).DateofBirth:四月15,1843PlaceofBirth:NewYork,NewYorkDateofDeath:二月28,1916PlaceofDeath:London,EnglandEducation:AttendedschoolinFranceandSwitzerland;HarvardLawSchool,1862-63

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