The Letters of Abelard and Heloise

图书标准信息

• 作者 Peter、Heloise 著；Michael Clanchy 编；Betty Radice 译
• 出版社 Penguin Books
• 出版时间 2004-04
• ISBN 9780140448993
• 定价 118.20元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 384页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

ThestoryofAbelardandHeloiseremainsoneoftheworld'smostdramaticandwell-knownloveaffairs.ItistoldthroughthelettersofFrenchphilosopherPeterAbelardandhisgiftedpupilHeloise.Throughtheirimpassionedwritingsunfoldsthestoryofaromance,fromitsreckless,ecstaticbeginningstothepublicscandal,enforcedsecretmarriage,anddevastatingconsequencesthatfollowed.Theseeloquentandintimatelettersexpressavastrangeofemotionsfromadorationanddevotiontoreproach,indignation,andgrief,andofferafascinatinginsightintoreligiouslifeintheMiddleAges.

【作者简介】

PeterAbelard(1079–1142)wasthegreatestlogicianofthetwelfthcentury.HetaughtinParis,whereHeloise(1101–1164)washispupilwhentheymet.Forgenerations,Heloisehasbeenthenameinhouseholdadvice.Continuinginthetraditionofhermother,theoriginalHeloise,today'sHeloisehasbecomeamediaphenomenon.Alongwithhernumeroustelevisionappearancesandworldwidesyndicatednewspapercolumn,shehasamonthlyfeatureinGoodHousekeeping,andherownwebsite.Heloiseistheauthorofseveralbestsellingbooks.M.T.ClanchyresearchesattheInstituteofHistoricalResearchattheUniversityofLondon.M.T.ClanchyresearchesattheInstituteofHistoricalResearchattheUniversityofLondon.BettyRadicereadclassicsatOxford,thenmarriedand,intheintervalsofbringingupafamily,tutoredinclassics,philosophyandEnglish.ShebecamejointeditorofthePenguinClassicsin1964.AswellaseditingthetranslationofLivy’sTheWarwithHannibalshetranslatedLivy’sRomeandItaly,Pliny’sLetters,TheLettersofAbelardandHeloiseandErasmus’sPraiseofFolly,andalsowrotetheintroductiontoHorace’sCompleteOdesandEpodes,allforthePenguinClassics.ShealsoeditedEdwardGibbon’sMemoirsofMyLifeforthePenguinEnglishLibrary,andeditedandannotatedhertranslationoftheyoungerPliny’sworksfortheLoebLibraryofClassicsandtranslatedfromRenaissanceLatin,GreekandItalianfortheOfficinaBodoniofVerona.ShecollaboratedasatranslatorintheCollectedWorksofErasmus,andwastheauthorofthePenguinReferenceBookWho’sWhointheAncientWorld.BettyRadicewasanhonoraryfellowofStHilda’sCollege,Oxford,andavice-presidentoftheClassicalAssociation.BettyRadicediedin1985.