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《贝奥武甫》是继罗马史诗之后欧洲较早的一部用本民族语言写成的史诗,是英国文学中第1部重要作品。
内容简介
Beowulf is the earliest extant poem in a modern European language? reflecting a feudal newly Christian world of heroes and monsters blood and victory life and death. Its beauty power and artistry have kept it alive for more than thirteen centuries.
《贝奥武甫》是继罗马史诗之后欧洲较早的一部用本民族语言写成的史诗,是英国文学中第1部重要作品。史诗中的历史人物,据记载生活在5至6世纪。史诗故事发生在相当于现在的丹麦和瑞典南部——当时盎格鲁-撒克逊人居住的地方,从5世纪中叶起,这些民族不断向不列颠移民。大约在8世纪前半叶,关于贝奥武甫的传说才在他们定居的不列颠被写成文字。史诗叙述了勇士贝奥武甫与怪物格兰道尔搏斗,使其断臂而死;怪物之母为子复仇,又被他追踪杀死。后来贝奥武甫做了国王,一次火龙来犯,他挺身斩龙,伤重而死,人民为他举行了隆重的葬礼。史诗结构严谨,选材集中,在欧洲文学史上占有重要地位。
作者简介
Burton Raffel has taught English, Classics, and Comparative Literature at universities in the United States, Israel, and Canada. His books include translations of Beowulf, Horace: Odes, Epodes, Epistles, Satires, The Complete Poetry and Prose of Chairil Anwar, From the Vietnamese, Ten Centuries of Poetry, The Complete Poetry of Osip Emilevich, Mandelstram (with Alla Burago), and Poems From the Old English and The Annotated Milton; several critical studies, Introduction to Poetry, How to Read a Poem, The Development of Modern Indonesian Poetry, and The Forked Tounge: A Study of the Translation Process; and Mia Poems, a volume of his own poetry. Mr. Raffel practiced law on Wall Street and taught in the Ford Foundation’s English Language Teacher Training Project in Indonesia.
Burton Raffel has taught English, Classics, and Comparative Literature at universities in the United States, Israel, and Canada. His books include translations of Beowulf, Horace: Odes, Epodes, Epistles, Satires, The Complete Poetry and Prose of Chairil Anwar, From the Vietnamese, Ten Centuries of Poetry, The Complete Poetry of Osip Emilevich, Mandelstram (with Alla Burago), and Poems From the Old English and The Annotated Milton; several critical studies, Introduction to Poetry, How to Read a Poem, The Development of Modern Indonesian Poetry, and The Forked Tounge: A Study of the Translation Process; and Mia Poems, a volume of his own poetry. Mr. Raffel practiced law on Wall Street and taught in the Ford Foundation’s English Language Teacher Training Project in Indonesia.
精彩书评
"Kept alive for more than 13 centuries "Beowulf" is the earliest extant poem in a modern European language reflecting a feudal newly Christian world of heroes and monsters blood and victory life and death. This edition of Raffel's acclaimed translation features a new Afterword. “
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目录
Introduction
Beowulf
Afterword
Glossary of Names
Genealogies
前言/序言
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