The Swerve：How the World Became Modern

图书标准信息

• 作者 Stephen Greenblatt 著
• 出版社 W.W. Norton & Co.
• 出版时间 2011-09
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780393064476
• 定价 295.70元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 320页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Oneoftheworld'smostcelebratedscholars,StephenGreenblatthascraftedbothaninnovativeworkofhistoryandathrillingstoryofdiscovery,inwhichonemanuscript,pluckedfromathousandyearsofneglect,changedthecourseofhumanthoughtandmadepossibletheworldasweknowit.Nearlysixhundredyearsago,ashort,genial,cannilyalertmaninhislate30stookaveryoldmanuscriptoffalibraryshelf,sawwithexcitementwhathehaddiscovered,andorderedthatitbecopied.ThebookwasthelastsurvivingmanuscriptofanancientRomanphilosophicalepic,"OntheNatureofThings,"byLucretius--athrillinglybeautifulpoemofthemostdangerousideas:thattheuniversefunctionedwithouttheaidofgods,thatreligiousfearwasdamagingtohumanlife,andthatmatterwasmadeupofverysmallparticlesineternalmotion.Thecopyingandtranslationofthisancientbook,thegreatestdiscoveryofthegreatestbook-hunterofhisage,fueledtheRenaissance,inspiringartistssuchasBotticelliandthinkerssuchasGiordanoBruno;shapedthethoughtofGalileoandFreud,DarwinandEinstein;andhadrevolutionaryinfluenceonwritersfromMontaignetoThomasJefferson.--ThistextreferstoanalternateHardcoveredition.

【作者简介】

StephenGreenblattisaliterarycritic,theoristandscholar.Hehaswrittenandeditednumerousbooksandarticlesrelevanttonewhistoricism,thestudyofculture,RenaissancestudiesandShakespearestudiesandisconsideredtobeanexpertinthesefields.HismostpopularworkisWillintheWorld,abiographyofShakespearethatwasontheNewYorkTimesbestsellerlistfornineweeks.Heisalsoco-founderoftheliterary-culturaljournalRepresentations.--ThistextreferstoanalternateHardcoveredition.