《红字》解读

图书标准信息

• 作者 [美]约翰逊 著
• 出版社 中国人民大学出版社
• 出版时间 2008-01
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9787300088679
• 定价 32.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 16开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 229页
• 字数 226千字
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 “背景中的文学”丛书

【内容简介】

《〈红字〉解读》为《红字》解读全英文版。Uponitspublicationin1850.TheScarletLettershockedtilenationbyboldlyconfronting“forbidden”topicsincludingsexualmisconductofsocietysleaders,theplightofsinglemothers,theseparationofchurchandstate,Now.nostudyofAmmicanhistowiscompletewithoutthoroughexaminationofNathanielHawthornestimekssmasterpiece.Thismuttidisciptinarystudyofthenovelcontainshistoricaldocuments,collateralreadings,andcommentary.Inshort,itistheidealcompaninnforstudentswhowishtofullyunderstandthenovelinthecontextofitstime.andtounlockitscurrentrelevance.AmongthematerialsareoriginalI7th-centurydocumentsthatilluminatePuritanattitudesandbringtheSalemwitchcrafttrialstolife,privatejournals,historicalreports.19h-centrury,magazinearticles,sketches,andnewspaperstories.Manyofthedocumentsareavailableinnootherprinledform.Notonlydolhesematerialsprovideatasteof17th-centuryPuritanculture.buttheyalsoglimpsetoHawthornesmindasheconiestotermswithhiswitch-huntingancestorsandhisvocation,Mostimportantly,thiscasebookcontemplatesthemanyissuesraisedbyTheScorletLetterwhichinextricablylinkthe17th-ccnturvPutianstothe19th-centnrycultureofHawthornetothepresent.

【作者简介】

CLAUDIADURSTJOHNSONisProfessorEmeritusattheUniversityofAlabama,wheresheservedaschairoftheEnglishDepartmentfortwelveyears.Sheisserieseditorofthe“LiteratureinContext”series,forwhichshehasauthorednumerousworks.

【目录】

1.ALiteraryAnalysisofTheScarletLetter
2.TheScarletLetterandthePuritans
3.ThePuritanMind
FromTheDiaryofMichaelWigglesworth(1631)
4.CrimeandPunishmentinMassachusettsBay
5.AnneHutchinsonandHesterPrynne
FromJohnWinthrop,HistoryofNewEnglandfrom1630-1649(1853)
FromCottonMather,MagnaliaChristiAmericana(1698)
FromAReportontheTrialofMrs.AnneHutchinsonBeforetheChurchinBoston(March,1638)
6.WitchcraftandTheScarletLetter
FromWilliamE.Woodard,ed.,RecordsofSalemWitchcraft(1864)
FromCottonMather,TheWondersoftheInvisibleWorld(1693)
From“LetterofThomasBrattle,F.R.S.”(1692)
FromTheDiaryofSamuelSewall(1697)
7.“TheCustom-House”:Hawthorne,theNineteenthCentury,andTheScarletLetter
From“AReviewofTheCustom-House”(March,1850)
FromGeorgeBishop,NewEnglandJudgedbytheSpiritoftheLord(1659)
FromCharlesW.Upham,SalemWitchcraftwithan
AccountofSalemVillage,andAHistoryofOpinionsonWitchcraftandKindredSubjects(1867)
8.“A”IsforArtist:TheCreativeStrugglesofNathanielHawthorne
From“LawsAgainstExcessinApparel,”RecordsoftheMassachusettsBayinNewEngland(1651)
FromCottonMather,ManuductioAdMinisterium(1726)
FromTimothyDwight,“LetteronFashionableEducation”(1821)
FromNoahWebster,“LettertoaYoungGentlemanCommencingHisEducation”(1843)
From“TheScarletLetter”(1850)
From“TheScarletLetter”(1850)
FromOrestesBrownson,“LiteraryNoticesandCriticisms”(1850)
FromArthurClevelandCoxe,“TheWritingsofHawthorne”(1851)
FromAndrewPrestonPeabody,“NathanielHawthorne”(1853)
9.TheScarletLetter:Issuesinthe1980sand1990s
From“UnwedMothers:TheScarletLetterReturnsinPink”
From“QuayleDeploresErodingValues;CitesTVShow”
From“OneLastColumn:WriterDetailsWhereHeFailed”
From“Bakker,Evangelist,ResignsHisMinistryoverSexualIncident”
From“PreachersBattleTransfixingtheSouth”
From“PastorTellsofGuiltoverIntroducingPair”
From“BakkersTroublesTestFaithatReligiousResort”
From“TVMinistryLists85Income”
From“SwaggartIsSubject