The Norton Book of Classical Literature 诺顿古典文学选

图书标准信息

• 作者 Bernard Knox 著
• 出版社 W.W. Norton & Co.
• 出版时间 1993-07
• ISBN 9780393034264
• 定价 344.30元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 866页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

"Theliteratureoftheclassicalworldthathassurvivedisapitifulremnantofwhatonceexisted...."SobeginsBernardKnox'sprefacetoananthologythatintroducesthemodernreadertotheenormousbreadthandrichvarietyofthat"pitifulremnant"-thefoundationofWesternliteratureandculture,theinspirationforwritersfromDantetoShakespearetoT.S.Eliot.Howevermuch-orlittle-ofitwemayhaveread,classicalliteraturehasshapedourworldandhowweperceiveit.Yetformostofusclassicalwritingislittlemorethananarrowcircleoflegendaryfigures.ThenamesofHomer,Aeschylus,Plato,Virgil,andSaintAugustinearefamiliar,butbehindtheirworkliesavastfellowshipofwriterswithacommonmythologicalandartisticheritage.TheNortonBookofClassicalLiteraturethusincludesnotonlythe"greats"butalsosignificantthoughlesserknownfiguresandtraditions:archaiclyricpoets,AlexandrianGreeks,andRomansatirists,forexample.Alsorecoveredforusarethebreathtakingvarietyofformsthatliteraturetook-epic,lyric,ode,dithyramb,tragedy,comedy,history,dialogue,idyll,epigram,satire,tonameafew.Thetranslationsselectedforthiscollection,fromclassicnineteenth-centuryversionstoasyetunpublishedmanuscripts,reflectthediversityoftheworksthemselvesandbringthemtouswitheloquenceandclarity.Inhisbrilliantintroduction-anaccountofthedevelopmentofclassicalliteraturefromtheoriginsoftheGreeklanguageandHomertothefallofRomeandSaintAugustine-Knoxdistillsforthegeneralreaderacomplexliterarytraditionandallowseventhosewithathoroughknowledgeofclassicalwritingtoseethattraditionanew.Informativenotesthroughoutthebookallowworks-somelongforgotten,ignored,ormisinterpretedtoemerge,asvitalandcompellingtodayastheyweresomanycenturiesago.FromthelyricalprecisionofArchilochusandSapphototheepicsweepofApolloniusandVirgil;fromthestorytellinggeniusofHerodotusandOvidtothephilosophicalruminationsofMarcusAurelius;fromthesoberinghistoriesofThucydidesandTacitustothesatiresofPetroniusandJuvenal;fromtantalizingpapyrusfragmentsonlyrecentlyunearthedtothecompleteAntigone,Sophocles'tragicmasterpiece-TheNortonBookofClassicalLiteraturereviveswhatformanyofushasbecomealosttradition.