乔治.戈登.拜伦

本书特色

《乔治·戈登·拜伦》：Lady Caroline Lamb's infamous comment that Byron was 'mad, bad and danger-ous to know' has, rightly or wrongly, formed the basis of Byron's reputation fornearly 200 years.In this readable and lively introduction to Byron's life and work. Martin Garrettexamines Byron's poetry in the context of his short, eventful life. His work wassensational from the start - and the public association of the author with thehero of poems such as Don Juan and Childe Harold helped to make them thebestsellers of their day.However. Byron's position as the toast of society was eclipsed by public disgrace.not helped by the scandal of the breakdown of his marriage, the birth of a daugh-ter to his half-sister Augusta. and Lady Caroline Lamb who spread rumonrs of hisunnatural practices'. He spent most of the last ten years of his life travelling inEurope. and when he died in 1824 aged thirty-six, his memoirs were burnt byfriends who wished to protect his reputation from more scandal.Fortunately, his personal and poetic' legacysurvives to challenge, outrage and delightposterity, and in this new biography Garrettbrings to life one of the most infamousliterary figures of the nineteenth century.

内容简介

拜伦虽然强调艺术的现实性，但非常注重情感的宣泄，重视热情。他常在书信里谈论诗的创作，并明确表示“诗是感情激动的表现。”他的《唐璜》中还有专节谈论热情，其中写道：“诗人心中压抑不住的热情，发而为诗歌，好比汹涌的波涛冲击着海岸一样。只是这种热情与想象是分不开的。”在拜伦看来，诗就是“想象的熔岩，只有让熔岩喷发出来，火山才能免于爆p发”。
　　本书融作家生平、创作主题、思想背景与学术争鸣于一体，书中记载的大量掌故和趣闻更是引人入胜。
本书内容丰富，资料翔实，图文并茂，文体优美，趣味盎然，对我国大学生、研究生和文学爱好者提高英语水平和文学素养大有裨益。

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作者简介

Dr Martin Garrett is a lifelong enthusiast ofearly nineteenth-century literature, and ofthe Romantics in particular. His previousbooks include Greece. A Literary Companion（John Murray, 1994）. Elizabeth Barrett Brown-ing and Robert Browning: Interviews and Recol-lections （Macmillan. 2000）, Venice （SignalBooks. 2000） and Mary Shelley: A Chronology（Macmillan. forthcoming）.