Wuthering Heights (Oxford World's Classics)[呼啸山庄]

图书标准信息

• 作者 Emily（艾米莉·勃朗特）、Helen Small 著；Ian Jack 编
• 出版社 Oxford University Press, USA
• 出版时间 2009-11
• ISBN 9780199541898
• 定价 92.10元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 400页
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 Oxford World's Classics

【内容简介】

WutheringHeightsisoneofthemostfamouslovestoriesintheEnglishlanguage.Itisalso,astheIntroductiontothiseditionreveals,oneofthemostpotentrevengenarratives.Itsingeniousnarrativestructure,vividevocationoflandscape,andtheextraordinarypowerofitsdepictionofloveandhatredhavegivenitauniqueplaceinEnglishliterature.ThepassionatetaleofCatherineandHeathcliffisherepresentedinaneweditionthatexaminesthequalitiesthatmakeitsuchapowerfulandcompellingnovel.TheIntroductionbyHelenSmallshedslightonthenovel'soddnessandpower,itsamoralityandRomanticinfluences,itsstructureandnarration,andthesadisticviolenceembodiedinthecharacterofHeathcliff.ThevolumeretainstheauthoritativeClarendontextandnotes,withnewnotesthatidentifyliteraryallusionshithertounnoticed.Inaddition,theeditionboaststwoappendices,oneofwhichcontainspoemsbyEmilyBrontAselectedfortheirrelevancetothenovel,andasecondwhichcontainsCharlotteBrontA's"BiographicalNoticeofEllis&ActonBell"and"PrefacetotheNewEdition."

【作者简介】

EmilyBronte(30July1818–19December1848)wasanEnglishnovelistandpoet,bestrememberedforhersolitarynovel,WutheringHeights,nowconsideredaclassicofEnglishliterature.EmilywasthethirdeldestofthefoursurvivingBrontesiblings,betweentheyoungestAnneandherbrotherBranwell.ShewroteunderthepennameEllisBell.

IanJackwasProfessorofEnglishattheUniversityofCambridge.Hediedin2008.HelenSmallisFellowinEnglishatPembrokeCollege,Oxford.

　　艾米莉·勃朗特，19世纪英国小说家、诗人，英国文学史上著名的“勃朗特三姐妹”之一。这位女作家在世界上仅仅度过了三十年便默默无闻地离开了人间，然而她唯一的一部小说《呼啸山庄》却奠定了她在英国文学史以及世界文学史上的地位。此外，她还创作了193首诗，被认为是英国一位天才型的女作家。