内容简介
《英国经典诗歌阅读与欣赏:从多恩到彭斯》介绍17、18世纪英国主要诗人和他们的某些代表作品。全书选择了这两个世纪的十五位诗人，包括多恩、琼生、弥尔顿和德莱顿等七位17世纪诗人，以及斯威夫特、蒲柏、约翰逊和彭斯等八位18世纪诗人，细致地赏析诗歌六十余首，其中主要是短诗，但也有某些长诗的名段。应当提及的是，在现代以前，英国诗歌出现过两个高潮，一个是伊丽莎白时代以莎士比亚为代表的鼎盛期，另一个是19世纪前三十年以浪漫主义诗人为代表的鼎盛期。显然，《英国经典诗歌阅读与欣赏:从多恩到彭斯》涉及从多恩直到彭斯的众多诗人，他们上承莎士比亚，下启华兹华斯，恰巧处于上述两个高潮之间。
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《英国经典诗歌阅读与欣赏:从多恩到彭斯》是西方文学与文化丛书·人大版影印文库系列之一。
The poetry produced bv the British poets of file 17th and 18thcentnries is considered to be among tile best ever written. But manygeneral readers feel intimidated bv the language or structure of thepoetry, and so tend to shy away from enjoying these poets and theirworks.
In The Pleasure of Poetry. Nelson takes readers on a tour of filemajor works and figures of 17th-and 18th-centurv British poetry,explaining themes, devices, styles, language, rhythm, sound, tone,imagerv, from, and meaning. Beginning each chapter with a sketch ofthe poet's life and career, the author then looks at five or six repre-sentative works, helping readers understand and appreciate thebeauty of poetry' itself.
From Donne and Jonson, to Pope, Swill and Bums. the bookoffers excerpts of the poetry these artists crafted, and carefifllv exam-ines the various attributes that have helped to establish thenl as someof the gTeatest of all time. Writing in clear, accessible language,Nelson also introduces general poetry terms to the novice, providingexmnples and explanations where necessary. Readers will no longerfeel infinfidated by "difficult poetry." Instead, they will walk awavwith the tools they need to read, understand, and appreciate thesetitans of British letters.
目录
1. Introduction to Reading Poetry
2. John Donne (1572-1631): Poet of Secular and Sacred Love
3. Ben Jonson (1572-1637): Elegist, Satirist, and Moralist
4. Robert Herrick (1591-t674): Poet of Time, Love, and Delight
5. George Herbert (1593-1633): Poet and Priest
6. John Milton (1608-1674): Poet of English Puritanism
7. Andrew Marvell (1621-1678): Pastoral Poet of Time and History
8. John Dryden (1631-1700): Poet of the Restoration
9. Jonathan Swift (1667-1745): Satirist, Preacher, and Lover
10. Alexander Pope (1688-1744): Satirist and Moralist
11. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784): Moralist and Satirist
12. Four Eighteenth-Century Poets: Finch, Gray, Goldsmith, and Cowper
13. Robert Burns (1759-1796): Singer, Satirist,and Storyteller
Epilogue
Further Reading
Index
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