Epigrams (Wordsworth Reference)

作者: Oscar Wilde （奥斯卡·王尔德）著

出版社: Wordsworth

出版时间: 2007-04

ISBN: 9781840222753

定价: 56.50

装帧: 平装

开本: 其他

页数: 246页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>文学

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'There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about' , said Oscar Wilde more than a hundred years ago. But this remark seems perhaps even more relevant to our present world where so many seek publicity at any cost. Wilde's well-turned phrases and spontaneous insults still cause much amusement and admiration. Most of us miss the opportunities for bon mots, finding them long after the moments have passed, but Wilde seems never to have been short of suitable words flattering, witty and on occasions savagely cruel. Many of the quotes in this book are taken from Wilde's plays, novels and essays which were also packed with witticisms amounting to an outrageous philosophy. Wilde's extravagance and unconventional behaviour earned him loyal friends but also bitter enemies and in 1895 after a series of unfortunate events and court cases he was gaoled for two years with hard labour for indecent behaviour. Though from prison came a few last brilliant works, Wilde was never to recover his health or standing in society. He died in Paris bankrupt, broken and alone. He is buried at Cimetiere du Pere Lachaise, one of Paris's finest cemeteries, where today many pilgrims from all parts of the world come to pay their respects and leave tokens in recognition of his genius. Born in Ireland, Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was educated in Dublin & Oxford and went on to become the leading and most prominent exponent of flamboyant aestheticism. As well as his many plays, he wrote one novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), and published several volumes of poetry and criticism. He was imprisoned in 1895 for homosexual offences and after his release he died in exile in Paris. Richard Cave has edited a selection of Yeats' plays for Penguin Classics.

　　奥斯卡·王尔德（Oscar Wilde），又译奥斯卡·怀尔德，全名奥斯卡·芬葛·欧佛雷泰·威尔斯·王尔德（Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde，1854年10月16日—1900年11月30日）英国唯美主义艺术运动的倡导者，英国著名的作家、诗人、戏剧家、艺术家、童话家。《典雅》杂志将他和安徒生相提并论。
　　王尔德生于爱尔兰都柏林的一个家世卓越的家庭，是家中的次子。他的父亲威廉姆·怀尔德爵士是一个外科医生，他的母亲是一位诗人与作家。
　　王尔德自幼便显示很高的天赋，他精通法语、德语和古典文学。
　　王尔德自都柏林圣三一学院（Trinity College）毕业后，获得奖学金，于1874年进入牛津大学莫德林学院(Magdalen College)学习。在牛津，王尔德受到了沃尔特·佩特及约翰·拉斯金的审美观念影响，并接触了新黑格尔派哲学、达尔文进化论和拉斐尔前派的作品，这为他之后成为唯美主义先锋作家确立了方向。
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'There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about' , said Oscar Wilde more than a hundred years ago. But this remark seems perhaps even more relevant to our present world where so many seek publicity at any cost. Wilde's well-turned phrases and spontaneous insults still cause much amusement and admiration. Most of us miss the opportunities for bon mots, finding them long after the moments have passed, but Wilde seems never to have been short of suitable words flattering, witty and on occasions savagely cruel. Many of the quotes in this book are taken from Wilde's plays, novels and essays which were also packed with witticisms amounting to an outrageous philosophy. Wilde's extravagance and unconventional behaviour earned him loyal friends but also bitter enemies and in 1895 after a series of unfortunate events and court cases he was gaoled for two years with hard labour for indecent behaviour. Though from prison came a few last brilliant works, Wilde was never to recover his health or standing in society. He died in Paris bankrupt, broken and alone. He is buried at Cimetiere du Pere Lachaise, one of Paris's finest cemeteries, where today many pilgrims from all parts of the world come to pay their respects and leave tokens in recognition of his genius.
作者简介:
Born in Ireland, Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was educated in Dublin & Oxford and went on to become the leading and most prominent exponent of flamboyant aestheticism. As well as his many plays, he wrote one novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), and published several volumes of poetry and criticism. He was imprisoned in 1895 for homosexual offences and after his release he died in exile in Paris. Richard Cave has edited a selection of Yeats' plays for Penguin Classics.

　　奥斯卡·王尔德（Oscar Wilde），又译奥斯卡·怀尔德，全名奥斯卡·芬葛·欧佛雷泰·威尔斯·王尔德（Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde，1854年10月16日—1900年11月30日）英国唯美主义艺术运动的倡导者，英国著名的作家、诗人、戏剧家、艺术家、童话家。《典雅》杂志将他和安徒生相提并论。
　　王尔德生于爱尔兰都柏林的一个家世卓越的家庭，是家中的次子。他的父亲威廉姆·怀尔德爵士是一个外科医生，他的母亲是一位诗人与作家。
　　王尔德自幼便显示很高的天赋，他精通法语、德语和古典文学。
　　王尔德自都柏林圣三一学院（Trinity College）毕业后，获得奖学金，于1874年进入牛津大学莫德林学院(Magdalen College)学习。在牛津，王尔德受到了沃尔特·佩特及约翰·拉斯金的审美观念影响，并接触了新黑格尔派哲学、达尔文进化论和拉斐尔前派的作品，这为他之后成为唯美主义先锋作家确立了方向。

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Epigrams (Wordsworth Reference)

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