Winesburg Ohio By Sherwood Anderson小城故事 英文原版

图书标准信息

• 作者 Sherwood Anderson（舍伍德·安德森） 著
• 出版社 Random House
• 出版时间 1995-05
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780553214390
• 定价 25.40元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 256页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Publishedin1919,Winesburg,OhioisSherwoodAnderson'smasterpiece,aworkinwhichheachievedthegoaltowhichhebelievedalltruewritersshouldaspire:toseeandfeel"alloflifewithin."Inaperfectlyimaginedworld,anarchetypalsmallAmericantown,herevealsthehiddenpassionsthatturnordinarylivesintounforgettableones.UnifiedbytherecurringpresenceofyoungGeorgeWillard,andplayedoutagainstthebackdropofWinesburg,Anderson'slooselyconnectedchapters,orstories,coalesceintoapowerfulnovel.

Insuchtalesas"Hands,"theportrayalofaruralberrypickerstillhauntedbytheaccusationsofhomosexualitythatendedhisteachingcareer,Anderson'svisionisasacutetodayasitwasovereighty-fiveyearsago.Hisintuitiveabilitytohomeinonexamplesoftimeless,humanconflicts—aworkingmandecidingifheshouldmarrythewomanwhoistobearhischild,anunhappyhousewifewhoseekslovefromthetown'sdoctor,anunmarriedhighschoolteachersexuallyattractedtoapupil—makesthisbooknotonlyimmenselyreadablebutalsodeeplymeaningful.AnimportantinfluenceonFaulkner,Hemingway,andotherswhoweredrawntoAnderson'sinnovativeformatandpsychologicalinsights,Winesburg,Ohiodeservesaplaceamongthefrontranksofournation'sfinestliteraryachievements.

【作者简介】

SherwoodAnderson(1876-1941)spentmostofhisboyhoodinClyde,Ohio,themodelforWinesburg,Ohio.Andlikethecentralfigureofthatwork,Andersonleftsmall-townlifebehindafterhismother'sdeath,whenhewasnineteen.AfterservingintheSpanish-AmericanWar,themostlyself-taughtAndersonbecamesuccessfuladvertisingcopywriterinChicago.Thenin1912,tornbetweenhisresponsibilitiesandhisdrivetocreate,hehadabreakdownthathasbecomelegendary.Havingbecometheownerofasmallfactory,AndersonabruptlywalkedfromhisofficeandwanderedaboutforfourdaysinatrancelikestatebeforeendingupinanOhiohospital.Realizinghemustdevotehislifetowriting,hefinallybrokewithhiswifeandfamilyandjoinedCarlSandburgandTheodoreDreiser,whowereatthecoreofChicago'sliterarygroup.By1925,AndersonhaddemonstratedsuchtalentthatH.L.Menckencalledhim"America'smostdistinguishednovelist."AmentorofWilliamFaulknerandThomasWolfe,Andersonwasknownforhiscolloquialstyleandhisexplorationofgenderandsexualityinrelationships.HisworksoffictionincludeWindyMcPherson'sSon(1916);PoorWhite(1920);TheTriumphoftheEgg(1921),ashort-storycollection;andDarkLaughter(1925).Alsoimportantarehisautobiographicalworks:AStoryTeller'sStory(1924),Tar:AMidwestChildhood(1926),andSherwoodAnderson'sMemoirs(1942).Hediedofperitonitisonatripabroadwhenabrokentoothpickperforatedhisintestines.

【目录】

Introduction by JeffreyMeyers

THE TALES AND THE PERSONS

　The Book of the Grotesque    

　HANDS--concerning Wing Biddlebaum

　PAPER PILLS--concerning Doctor Reefy

　MOTHER--concerning Elizabeth Willard

　THE PHILOSOPHER--conceming Doctor Parcival   

　NOBODY KNows--concerning Louise Trunnion  

　GODLINESS，a Tale in Four Parts

  　Ⅰ--concerning Jesse Bentley

　　Ⅱ—also concerning Jesse Bentley

　　Ⅲ Surrender--concerning Louise Bentley

　　Ⅳ Terror--concerning David Hardy

　A MAN OF IDEAS--concerning Joe Welling

　ADVENTURE--concerning Alice Hindman

  RESPECTABILITY--concerning Wash Williams

  THE THINKER--concerning Seth Richmond

  TANDY--concerning Tandy Hard

  THE STRENGTH OF GOD--concerning the

   Reverend Curtis Hartman

　THE TEACHER--concerning Kate Swift

　LONELINESS--concerning Enoch Robinson

　AN AWAKENING--concerning Belle Carpenter

　“QUEER”--concerning Elmer Cowley

　THE UNTOLD LIE--concerning Ray Pearson

　DRINK--concerning Tom Foster

　DEATH--concerning Doctor Reefy and Elizabeth Willard

　SOPHISTICATION--concerning Helen White

　DEPARTURE--concerning George Willard