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Billy Budd and Other Stories (Penguin Classics)

Billy Budd and Other Stories (Penguin Classics)

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作者: Herman Melville 著 , Frederick Busch （Introduction）编

出版社: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated

出版时间: 1986-04

ISBN: 9780140390537

定价: 74.00

装帧: 平装

开本: 其他

纸张: 其他

页数: 416页

正文语种: 英语

丛书: Penguin Classics Series

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>文学

IfMelvillehadneverwrittenMobyDick,hisplaceinworldliteraturewouldbeassuredbyhisshorttales."BillyBudd,Sailor,"hislastwork,isthemasterpieceinwhichhedeliversthefinalsummationinhis"quarrelwithGod."Itisabrilliantstudyofthetragicclashbetweensocialauthorityandindividualfreedom,humanjusticeandabstractgood.Melvillealsoexploresthisthemein"BartelbytheScrivener,"hisfamousstoryaboutaWallStreetlawclerkwhotakespassiveresistancetoacomic—andultimatelydisastrous—extreme;andin"BenitoCereno,"hisdazzlingaccountofoppressionandrebelliononanineteenth-centuryslaveship.Completingthiscollectionofgreattalesaretheeerie"TheEncantados,"thebeautiful,romantic"ThePiazza,"andMelville'schillingsciencefictionparable,"TheBell-Tower." HermanMelville
HermanMelville'slegendisasmammothandelusiveasthewhalethatestablishedit.Theauthor'sMoby-Dick;Or,TheWhalestandsasoneofliterature'sgreatestepics,astoryofmythologicalproportionsthatwasgroundedinreallifeandanewwayofstorytelling.Melville'swork,underappreciatedinitstime,remainsasmuchsubjecttodebateandinterpretationasitwaswhenhefirstcaughtthepubliceyewithhisSouthSeasadventure,Typee,in1846.

Biography
HermanMelvillewasborninAugust1,1819,inNewYorkCity,thesonofamerchant.Onlytwelvewhenhisfatherdiedbankrupt,youngHermantriedworkasabankclerk,asacabin-boyonatriptoLiverpool,andasanelementaryschoolteacher,beforeshippinginJanuary1841onthewhalerAcushnet,boundforthePacific.DesertingshipthefollowingyearintheMarquesas,hemadehiswaytoTahitiandHonolulu,returningasordinaryseamanonthefrigateUnitedStatestoBoston,wherehewasdischargedinOctober1844.Booksbasedontheseadventureswonhimimmediatesuccess.By1850hewasmarried,hadacquiredafarmnearPittsfield,Massachussetts(wherehewastheimpetuousfriendandneighborofNathanielHawthorne),andwashardatworkonhismasterpieceMoby-Dick.Literarysuccesssoonfaded;hiscomplexityincreasinglyalienatedreaders.AfteravisittotheHolyLandinJanuary1857,heturnedfromwritingprosefictiontopoetry.In1863,duringtheCivilWar,hemovedbacktoNewYorkCity,wherefrom1866-1885hewasadeputyinspectorintheCustomHouse,andwhere,in1891,hedied.Adraftofafinalprosework,BillyBudd,Sailor,wasleftunfinishedanduncollated,packedtidilyawaybyhiswidow,whereitremaineduntilitsrediscoveryandpublicationin1924. Introduction
Bartleby
ThePiazza
TheEncantadas
TheBell-Tower
BenitoCereno
TheParadiseofBachelorsandtheTartarusofMaids
BillyBudd,Sailor
内容简介:
IfMelvillehadneverwrittenMobyDick,hisplaceinworldliteraturewouldbeassuredbyhisshorttales."BillyBudd,Sailor,"hislastwork,isthemasterpieceinwhichhedeliversthefinalsummationinhis"quarrelwithGod."Itisabrilliantstudyofthetragicclashbetweensocialauthorityandindividualfreedom,humanjusticeandabstractgood.Melvillealsoexploresthisthemein"BartelbytheScrivener,"hisfamousstoryaboutaWallStreetlawclerkwhotakespassiveresistancetoacomic—andultimatelydisastrous—extreme;andin"BenitoCereno,"hisdazzlingaccountofoppressionandrebelliononanineteenth-centuryslaveship.Completingthiscollectionofgreattalesaretheeerie"TheEncantados,"thebeautiful,romantic"ThePiazza,"andMelville'schillingsciencefictionparable,"TheBell-Tower."
作者简介:
HermanMelville
HermanMelville'slegendisasmammothandelusiveasthewhalethatestablishedit.Theauthor'sMoby-Dick;Or,TheWhalestandsasoneofliterature'sgreatestepics,astoryofmythologicalproportionsthatwasgroundedinreallifeandanewwayofstorytelling.Melville'swork,underappreciatedinitstime,remainsasmuchsubjecttodebateandinterpretationasitwaswhenhefirstcaughtthepubliceyewithhisSouthSeasadventure,Typee,in1846.

Biography
HermanMelvillewasborninAugust1,1819,inNewYorkCity,thesonofamerchant.Onlytwelvewhenhisfatherdiedbankrupt,youngHermantriedworkasabankclerk,asacabin-boyonatriptoLiverpool,andasanelementaryschoolteacher,beforeshippinginJanuary1841onthewhalerAcushnet,boundforthePacific.DesertingshipthefollowingyearintheMarquesas,hemadehiswaytoTahitiandHonolulu,returningasordinaryseamanonthefrigateUnitedStatestoBoston,wherehewasdischargedinOctober1844.Booksbasedontheseadventureswonhimimmediatesuccess.By1850hewasmarried,hadacquiredafarmnearPittsfield,Massachussetts(wherehewastheimpetuousfriendandneighborofNathanielHawthorne),andwashardatworkonhismasterpieceMoby-Dick.Literarysuccesssoonfaded;hiscomplexityincreasinglyalienatedreaders.AfteravisittotheHolyLandinJanuary1857,heturnedfromwritingprosefictiontopoetry.In1863,duringtheCivilWar,hemovedbacktoNewYorkCity,wherefrom1866-1885hewasadeputyinspectorintheCustomHouse,andwhere,in1891,hedied.Adraftofafinalprosework,BillyBudd,Sailor,wasleftunfinishedanduncollated,packedtidilyawaybyhiswidow,whereitremaineduntilitsrediscoveryandpublicationin1924.
目录:
Introduction
Bartleby
ThePiazza
TheEncantadas
TheBell-Tower
BenitoCereno
TheParadiseofBachelorsandtheTartarusofMaids
BillyBudd,Sailor

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