【目录】 More classics to be soon published are:Essays of Michel de Montaigne Is This Book for You? 坎坷的短暂四十载人生 Edgar Allan Poe The Bedside Classics of World Literature,Philosophy and Psychology General Preface 总序 PREFACE MEMOIR OF EDGAR ALLAN POE Poems of Later Life PREFACE THE RAVEN THE BELLS ULALUME TO HELEN ANNABEL LEE A VALENTINE AN ENIGMA TO MY MOTHER FOR ANNIE TO F TO FRANCES S.OSGOOD ELDORADO EULALIE A DREAM WITHIN A DREAM MARIE LOUISE(SHEW) (2)TO MARIE LOUISE(SHEW) THE CITY IN HTE SEA THE SLEEPER BRIDAL BALLAD NOTES Poems of Manhood LENORE TO ONE IN PARADISE THE COLISEUM THE HAUNTED PALACE THE CONQUEROR WORM SILENCE DREAMLAND TO ZANTE HYMN NOTES SCENES FROM POLITIAN NOTE Poems of Youth INTRODUCTION(1831) SONNET—TO SCIENCE AL AARAF AMERLANE TO HELEN THE VALLEY OF UNREST ISRAFELL TO TO THE RIVER SONG APIRITS OF THE DEAD A DREAM ROMANCE FAIRYLAND THE LAKE ENENING STAR IMITATION THE HAPPIES TDAY HYMN(TRANSLATION FROM THE GTEEK) DREAMS IN YOUTH I HAVE KNOWN ONE A PAEAN NOTES DOUBTFUL POEMS ALONE TO ISADORE THE VILLAGE STREET THE FOREST REVERIE NOTES Prose Poems THE ISLAND OF THE FAY THE POWER OF WORDS THE COLLOQUY OF MONOS AND UNA THE CONVERSATION OF EIROS AND CHARMION SHADOW—A PARABLE SILENCE—A FABLE ESSAYS THE POETIC PRINCIPLE THE PHILOSOPHY OF COMPOSITION OLD ENGLISH POETRY
【文摘】 It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of Annabel Lee;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me. I was a child and she was a child, In this kingdom by the sea:
But we loved with a love that was more than love— I and my Annabel Lee; With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven Coveted her and me.
And this was the reason that, long ago, In this kingdom by the sea, A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling My beautiful Annabel Lee;
So that her highborn kinsmen came And bore her away from me, To shut her up in a sepulchre In this kingdom by the sea.
The angels, not half so happy in heaven, Went envying her and me— Yes!—that was the reason (as all men know, In this kingdom by the sea) That the wind came out of the cloud by night,
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee. But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we— Of many far wiser than we—
And neither the angels in heaven above, Nor the demons down under the sea, Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful Annabel Lee.
For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And the stars never rise but I see the bright eyes Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride,
In her sepulchre there by the sea— In her tomb by the side of the sea.
【前言】 General Preface
Millions of Chinese are learning English to acquire knowledge and skills for communication in a world where English has become the primary language for international discourse. Yet not many learners have come to realize that the command of the English language also enables them to have an easy access to the world literary classics such as Shakespeare’s plays, Shelley’s poems, mark Twain’s novels and Nietzsche’s works which are an important part of liberal-arts education. The most important goals of universities are not vocational, that is, not merely the giving of knowledge and the training of skills. In a broad sense, education aims at broadening young people’s mental horizon, cultivating virtues and shaping their character. Lincoln, Mao Zedong and many other great leaders and personages of distinction declared how they drew immense inspiration and strength from literary works. As a matter of fact, many of them had aspired to become writers in their young age. Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.) is said to take along with him two things, waking or sleeping: a book and a dagger, and the book is Iliad, a literary classic, by Homer. He would put these two much treasured things under his pillow when he went to bed. Today, we face an unprecedented complex and changing world. To cope with this rapid changing world requires not only communication skills, but also adequate knowledge of cultures other than our own home culture. Among the most important developments in present-day global culture is the ever increasing cultural exchanges and understanding between different nations and peoples. And one of the best ways to know foreign cultures is to read their literary works, particularly their literary classics, the soul of a country’s culture. They also give you the best language and the feeling of sublimity.
Liaoning People’s Publishing House is to be congratulated for its foresight and courage in making a new series of world literary classics available to the reading public. It is hoped that people with an adequate command of the English language will read them, like them and keep them as their lifetime companions.
I am convinced that the series will make an important contribution to the literary education of the young people in china. At a time when the whole country is emphasizing “spiritual civilization”, it is certainly a very timely venture to put out the series of literary classics for literary and cultural education.
Zhang Zhongzai Professor Beijing Foreign Studies University July, 2013 Beijing
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