Persian Letters

Persian Letters

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作者: Charles-Louis de Secondat Montesquieu 著 , C. J. Betts （Translator）译

出版社: Penguin

出版时间: 1973-04

ISBN: 9780140442816

定价: 112.10

装帧: 平装

开本: 其他

纸张: 其他

页数: 352页

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>历史

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Thisrichlyevocativenovel-in-letterstellsthestoryoftwoPersiannoblemenwhohavelefttheircountry-themodernIran-tojourneytoEuropeinsearchofwisdom.Astheytravel,theywritehometowivesandeunuchsintheharemandtofriendsinFranceandelsewhere.TheircolourfulobservationsontheculturedifferencesbetweenWestandEastcultureconjureupEasternsensuality,repressionandcrueltyincontrasttothefreer,morecivilizedWest-butherealsounworthynoblesandbishops,frivolouswomenoffashionandconceitedpeopleofallkindsaresatirized.Storytellersaswellasletter-writers,Montesquieu'sUsbekandRicaaredisrespectfulandwitty,butalsoseriousmoralists.PersianLetterswasasucchsdescandaleinParissociety,andencapsulatesthelibertarian,criticalspiritoftheearlyeighteenthcentury. Charles-LouisdeSecondatwasbornin1689atLaBrède,nearBordeaux,intoaneminentfamilyofparlementaires.HismotherdiedwhenhewastenandCharles-LouiswassenttoParistobeeducatedandcompletedalawdegreeinBordeauxin1708.HereturnedtoParisinordertofinishhiseducation,stayinguntilhisfatherdiedin1713.In1714hebecameacouncilorattheBordeauxParlementandayearlatermarriedaHuguenotlady,JeannedeLartigue,probablyforhermoney.Theyhadthreechildren.AyearaftertheirmarriageCharles-LouisinheritedthebaronyofMontesquieuandthepostofprésidentàmortierattheBordeauxParlementandfiveyearslater,in1721,hepublishedanonymouslyinHollandthePersianLetters,whichranintoteneditionsinoneyear.From1721to1725helivedinParisfrequentingfashionablesocietyandconductingseverallove-affairs.Hesoldhispostofprésidentin1726becauseoffinancialdifficulties,waselectedtotheFrenchacademyin1727andspentthenextthreeyearstravelinginEurope(hestayedabouteighteenmonthsinEnglandandbecameafreemason).HereturnedtoFranceworkingmainlyinParisbutoccasionallytravelingtothesouthwesttolookafterhisestatesandwinebusiness.DuringthisperiodhispersistenteyetroublesgotworseandhegaveupfreemasonrybecauseoftheChurch’sdisapproval.In1748hepublishedhismostimportantwork,TheSpiritofLaws,whichmadeanimmediateimpressionandcausedalotofcontroversy.MontesquieudiedinParisofafeverin1755.In1751TheSpiritofLawswasplacedontheVaticanIndexandlikewisethePersianLettersin1761.ChristopherBettswasbornin1936andisatpresentalecturerintheSchoolofFrenchStudiesattheUniversityofWarwick.ChristopherBettswasbornin1936andisatpresentalecturerintheSchoolofFrenchStudiesattheUniversityofWarwick.
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Thisrichlyevocativenovel-in-letterstellsthestoryoftwoPersiannoblemenwhohavelefttheircountry-themodernIran-tojourneytoEuropeinsearchofwisdom.Astheytravel,theywritehometowivesandeunuchsintheharemandtofriendsinFranceandelsewhere.TheircolourfulobservationsontheculturedifferencesbetweenWestandEastcultureconjureupEasternsensuality,repressionandcrueltyincontrasttothefreer,morecivilizedWest-butherealsounworthynoblesandbishops,frivolouswomenoffashionandconceitedpeopleofallkindsaresatirized.Storytellersaswellasletter-writers,Montesquieu'sUsbekandRicaaredisrespectfulandwitty,butalsoseriousmoralists.PersianLetterswasasucchsdescandaleinParissociety,andencapsulatesthelibertarian,criticalspiritoftheearlyeighteenthcentury.
作者简介:
Charles-LouisdeSecondatwasbornin1689atLaBrède,nearBordeaux,intoaneminentfamilyofparlementaires.HismotherdiedwhenhewastenandCharles-LouiswassenttoParistobeeducatedandcompletedalawdegreeinBordeauxin1708.HereturnedtoParisinordertofinishhiseducation,stayinguntilhisfatherdiedin1713.In1714hebecameacouncilorattheBordeauxParlementandayearlatermarriedaHuguenotlady,JeannedeLartigue,probablyforhermoney.Theyhadthreechildren.AyearaftertheirmarriageCharles-LouisinheritedthebaronyofMontesquieuandthepostofprésidentàmortierattheBordeauxParlementandfiveyearslater,in1721,hepublishedanonymouslyinHollandthePersianLetters,whichranintoteneditionsinoneyear.From1721to1725helivedinParisfrequentingfashionablesocietyandconductingseverallove-affairs.Hesoldhispostofprésidentin1726becauseoffinancialdifficulties,waselectedtotheFrenchacademyin1727andspentthenextthreeyearstravelinginEurope(hestayedabouteighteenmonthsinEnglandandbecameafreemason).HereturnedtoFranceworkingmainlyinParisbutoccasionallytravelingtothesouthwesttolookafterhisestatesandwinebusiness.DuringthisperiodhispersistenteyetroublesgotworseandhegaveupfreemasonrybecauseoftheChurch’sdisapproval.In1748hepublishedhismostimportantwork,TheSpiritofLaws,whichmadeanimmediateimpressionandcausedalotofcontroversy.MontesquieudiedinParisofafeverin1755.In1751TheSpiritofLawswasplacedontheVaticanIndexandlikewisethePersianLettersin1761.ChristopherBettswasbornin1936andisatpresentalecturerintheSchoolofFrenchStudiesattheUniversityofWarwick.ChristopherBettswasbornin1936andisatpresentalecturerintheSchoolofFrenchStudiesattheUniversityofWarwick.

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