Winesburg Ohio By Sherwood Anderson小城故事英文原版

作者: Sherwood Anderson （舍伍德·安德森）著

出版社: Random House

出版时间: 1995-05

版次: 1

ISBN: 9780553214390

定价: 25.40

装帧: 平装

开本: 32开

纸张: 胶版纸

页数: 256页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>小说

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Publishedin1919,Winesburg,OhioisSherwoodAnderson'smasterpiece,aworkinwhichheachievedthegoaltowhichhebelievedalltruewritersshouldaspire:toseeandfeel"alloflifewithin."Inaperfectlyimaginedworld,anarchetypalsmallAmericantown,herevealsthehiddenpassionsthatturnordinarylivesintounforgettableones.UnifiedbytherecurringpresenceofyoungGeorgeWillard,andplayedoutagainstthebackdropofWinesburg,Anderson'slooselyconnectedchapters,orstories,coalesceintoapowerfulnovel.

Insuchtalesas"Hands,"theportrayalofaruralberrypickerstillhauntedbytheaccusationsofhomosexualitythatendedhisteachingcareer,Anderson'svisionisasacutetodayasitwasovereighty-fiveyearsago.Hisintuitiveabilitytohomeinonexamplesoftimeless,humanconflicts—aworkingmandecidingifheshouldmarrythewomanwhoistobearhischild,anunhappyhousewifewhoseekslovefromthetown'sdoctor,anunmarriedhighschoolteachersexuallyattractedtoapupil—makesthisbooknotonlyimmenselyreadablebutalsodeeplymeaningful.AnimportantinfluenceonFaulkner,Hemingway,andotherswhoweredrawntoAnderson'sinnovativeformatandpsychologicalinsights,Winesburg,Ohiodeservesaplaceamongthefrontranksofournation'sfinestliteraryachievements. SherwoodAnderson(1876-1941)spentmostofhisboyhoodinClyde,Ohio,themodelforWinesburg,Ohio.Andlikethecentralfigureofthatwork,Andersonleftsmall-townlifebehindafterhismother'sdeath,whenhewasnineteen.AfterservingintheSpanish-AmericanWar,themostlyself-taughtAndersonbecamesuccessfuladvertisingcopywriterinChicago.Thenin1912,tornbetweenhisresponsibilitiesandhisdrivetocreate,hehadabreakdownthathasbecomelegendary.Havingbecometheownerofasmallfactory,AndersonabruptlywalkedfromhisofficeandwanderedaboutforfourdaysinatrancelikestatebeforeendingupinanOhiohospital.Realizinghemustdevotehislifetowriting,hefinallybrokewithhiswifeandfamilyandjoinedCarlSandburgandTheodoreDreiser,whowereatthecoreofChicago'sliterarygroup.By1925,AndersonhaddemonstratedsuchtalentthatH.L.Menckencalledhim"America'smostdistinguishednovelist."AmentorofWilliamFaulknerandThomasWolfe,Andersonwasknownforhiscolloquialstyleandhisexplorationofgenderandsexualityinrelationships.HisworksoffictionincludeWindyMcPherson'sSon(1916);PoorWhite(1920);TheTriumphoftheEgg(1921),ashort-storycollection;andDarkLaughter(1925).Alsoimportantarehisautobiographicalworks:AStoryTeller'sStory(1924),Tar:AMidwestChildhood(1926),andSherwoodAnderson'sMemoirs(1942).Hediedofperitonitisonatripabroadwhenabrokentoothpickperforatedhisintestines. Introduction by JeffreyMeyers

THE TALES AND THE PERSONS

　The Book of the Grotesque

　HANDS--concerning Wing Biddlebaum

　PAPER PILLS--concerning Doctor Reefy

　MOTHER--concerning Elizabeth Willard

　THE PHILOSOPHER--conceming Doctor Parcival

　NOBODY KNows--concerning Louise Trunnion

　GODLINESS，a Tale in Four Parts

  　Ⅰ--concerning Jesse Bentley

　　Ⅱ—also concerning Jesse Bentley

　　Ⅲ Surrender--concerning Louise Bentley

　　Ⅳ Terror--concerning David Hardy

　A MAN OF IDEAS--concerning Joe Welling

　ADVENTURE--concerning Alice Hindman

  RESPECTABILITY--concerning Wash Williams

  THE THINKER--concerning Seth Richmond

  TANDY--concerning Tandy Hard

  THE STRENGTH OF GOD--concerning the

   Reverend Curtis Hartman

　THE TEACHER--concerning Kate Swift

　LONELINESS--concerning Enoch Robinson

　AN AWAKENING--concerning Belle Carpenter

　“QUEER”--concerning Elmer Cowley

　THE UNTOLD LIE--concerning Ray Pearson

　DRINK--concerning Tom Foster

　DEATH--concerning Doctor Reefy and Elizabeth Willard

　SOPHISTICATION--concerning Helen White

　DEPARTURE--concerning George Willard
内容简介:
Publishedin1919,Winesburg,OhioisSherwoodAnderson'smasterpiece,aworkinwhichheachievedthegoaltowhichhebelievedalltruewritersshouldaspire:toseeandfeel"alloflifewithin."Inaperfectlyimaginedworld,anarchetypalsmallAmericantown,herevealsthehiddenpassionsthatturnordinarylivesintounforgettableones.UnifiedbytherecurringpresenceofyoungGeorgeWillard,andplayedoutagainstthebackdropofWinesburg,Anderson'slooselyconnectedchapters,orstories,coalesceintoapowerfulnovel.

Insuchtalesas"Hands,"theportrayalofaruralberrypickerstillhauntedbytheaccusationsofhomosexualitythatendedhisteachingcareer,Anderson'svisionisasacutetodayasitwasovereighty-fiveyearsago.Hisintuitiveabilitytohomeinonexamplesoftimeless,humanconflicts—aworkingmandecidingifheshouldmarrythewomanwhoistobearhischild,anunhappyhousewifewhoseekslovefromthetown'sdoctor,anunmarriedhighschoolteachersexuallyattractedtoapupil—makesthisbooknotonlyimmenselyreadablebutalsodeeplymeaningful.AnimportantinfluenceonFaulkner,Hemingway,andotherswhoweredrawntoAnderson'sinnovativeformatandpsychologicalinsights,Winesburg,Ohiodeservesaplaceamongthefrontranksofournation'sfinestliteraryachievements.
作者简介:
SherwoodAnderson(1876-1941)spentmostofhisboyhoodinClyde,Ohio,themodelforWinesburg,Ohio.Andlikethecentralfigureofthatwork,Andersonleftsmall-townlifebehindafterhismother'sdeath,whenhewasnineteen.AfterservingintheSpanish-AmericanWar,themostlyself-taughtAndersonbecamesuccessfuladvertisingcopywriterinChicago.Thenin1912,tornbetweenhisresponsibilitiesandhisdrivetocreate,hehadabreakdownthathasbecomelegendary.Havingbecometheownerofasmallfactory,AndersonabruptlywalkedfromhisofficeandwanderedaboutforfourdaysinatrancelikestatebeforeendingupinanOhiohospital.Realizinghemustdevotehislifetowriting,hefinallybrokewithhiswifeandfamilyandjoinedCarlSandburgandTheodoreDreiser,whowereatthecoreofChicago'sliterarygroup.By1925,AndersonhaddemonstratedsuchtalentthatH.L.Menckencalledhim"America'smostdistinguishednovelist."AmentorofWilliamFaulknerandThomasWolfe,Andersonwasknownforhiscolloquialstyleandhisexplorationofgenderandsexualityinrelationships.HisworksoffictionincludeWindyMcPherson'sSon(1916);PoorWhite(1920);TheTriumphoftheEgg(1921),ashort-storycollection;andDarkLaughter(1925).Alsoimportantarehisautobiographicalworks:AStoryTeller'sStory(1924),Tar:AMidwestChildhood(1926),andSherwoodAnderson'sMemoirs(1942).Hediedofperitonitisonatripabroadwhenabrokentoothpickperforatedhisintestines.
目录:
Introduction by JeffreyMeyers

THE TALES AND THE PERSONS

　The Book of the Grotesque

　HANDS--concerning Wing Biddlebaum

　PAPER PILLS--concerning Doctor Reefy

　MOTHER--concerning Elizabeth Willard

　THE PHILOSOPHER--conceming Doctor Parcival

　NOBODY KNows--concerning Louise Trunnion

　GODLINESS，a Tale in Four Parts

  　Ⅰ--concerning Jesse Bentley

　　Ⅱ—also concerning Jesse Bentley

　　Ⅲ Surrender--concerning Louise Bentley

　　Ⅳ Terror--concerning David Hardy

　A MAN OF IDEAS--concerning Joe Welling

　ADVENTURE--concerning Alice Hindman

  RESPECTABILITY--concerning Wash Williams

  THE THINKER--concerning Seth Richmond

  TANDY--concerning Tandy Hard

  THE STRENGTH OF GOD--concerning the

   Reverend Curtis Hartman

　THE TEACHER--concerning Kate Swift

　LONELINESS--concerning Enoch Robinson

　AN AWAKENING--concerning Belle Carpenter

　“QUEER”--concerning Elmer Cowley

　THE UNTOLD LIE--concerning Ray Pearson

　DRINK--concerning Tom Foster

　DEATH--concerning Doctor Reefy and Elizabeth Willard

　SOPHISTICATION--concerning Helen White

　DEPARTURE--concerning George Willard