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Flamboyant and controversial, Oscar Wilde was a dazzling personality, a master of wit, and a dramatic genius whose sparkling comedies contain some of the most brilliant dialogue ever written for the English stage. Here in one volume are his immensely popular novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray; his last literary work, "The Ballad of Reading Gaol," a product of his own prison experience; and four complete plays: Lady Windermere's Fan, his first dramatic success, An Ideal Husband, which pokes fun at conventional morality, The Importance of Being Earnest, his finest comedy, and Salomé, a portrait of uncontrollable love originally written in French and faithfully translated by Richard Ellmann.
Every selection appears in its entirety–a marvelous collection of outstanding works by the incomparable Oscar Wilde, who's been aptly called "a lord of languageFlamboyant and controversial, Oscar Wilde was a dazzling personality, a master of wit, and a dramatic genius whose sparkling comedies contain some of the most brilliant dialogue ever written for the English stage. Here in one volume are his immensely popular novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray; his last literary work, "The Ballad of Reading Gaol," a product of his own prison experience; and four complete plays: Lady Windermere's Fan, his first dramatic success, An Ideal Husband, which pokes fun at conventional morality, The Importance of Being Earnest, his finest comedy, and Salomé, a portrait of uncontrollable love originally written in French and faithfully translated by Richard Ellmann.
Every selection appears in its entirety–a marvelous collection of outstanding works by the incomparable Oscar Wilde, who's been aptly called "a lord of languageFlamboyant and controversial, Oscar Wilde was a dazzling personality, a master of wit, and a dramatic genius whose sparkling comedies contain some of the most brilliant dialogue ever written for the English stage. Here in one volume are his immensely popular novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray; his last literary work, "The Ballad of Reading Gaol," a product of his own prison experience; and four complete plays: Lady Windermere's Fan, his first dramatic success, An Ideal Husband, which pokes fun at conventional morality, The Importance of Being Earnest, his finest comedy, and Salomé, a portrait of uncontrollable love originally written in French and faithfully translated by Richard Ellmann.
Every selection appears in its entirety–a marvelous collection of outstanding works by the incomparable Oscar Wilde, who's been aptly called "a lord of language". 內容簡介
Flamboyant fin-de-siecle literary figure Oscar Wilde was a dazzling personality, a master of wit, and a dramatic genius whose sparkling comedies contain some of the most brilliant dialogue ever written for the English stage.
Here in one volume are his immensely popular novel, THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY; his last literary work, THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL, a product of his own prison experience; and four complete plays: LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN, his first dramatic success; AN IDEAL HUSBAND, which continued to poke fun at conventional morality; THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, his finest comedy; and SALOME, a portrait of uncontrollable love originally written in French, now in a new translation by Richard Ellmann.
Every selection appears in its entirety -- a marvelous collection of outstanding works by the incomparable Oscar Wilde, whom Max Beerbohm so aptly labeled "a lord of language". 作者簡介
Born in Ireland, Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was educated in Dublin & Oxford and went on to become the leading and most prominent exponent of flamboyant aestheticism. As well as his many plays, he wrote one novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), and published several volumes of poetry and criticism. He was imprisoned in 1895 for homosexual offences and after his release he died in exile in Paris. Richard Cave has edited a selection of Yeats' plays for Penguin Classics.
奧斯卡·王爾德(Oscar Wilde),又譯奧斯卡·懷爾德,全名奧斯卡·芬葛·歐佛雷泰·威爾斯·王爾德(Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde,1854年10月16日—1900年11月30日)英國唯美主義藝術運動的倡導者,英國著名的作傢、詩人、戲劇傢、藝術傢、童話傢。《典雅》雜誌將他和安徒生相提並論。
王爾德生於愛爾蘭都柏林的一個傢世卓越的傢庭,是傢中的次子。他的父親威廉姆·懷爾德爵士是一個外科醫生,他的母親是一位詩人與作傢。
王爾德自幼便顯示很高的天賦,他精通法語、德語和古典文學。
王爾德自都柏林聖三一學院(Trinity College)畢業後,獲得奬學金,於1874年進入牛津大學莫德林學院(Magdalen College)學習。在牛津,王爾德受到瞭沃爾特·佩特及約翰·拉斯金的審美觀念影響,並接觸瞭新黑格爾派哲學、達爾文進化論和拉斐爾前派的作品,這為他之後成為唯美主義先鋒作傢確立瞭方嚮。 精彩書評
Grade 10 Up-"The Whole Story" format provides illustrations and annotations to the classic text. Ross's lively and sophisticated cartoons add interest, and historical information helps readers place the novel in proper context and gives insight into its characters. The problem with this attractive, glossy layout, however, is that the text and the quotes pulled from it are not always on the same page. Further, some illustrations and notations visually cut into the narrative and may distract readers. For example, a drawing appears on the first page along with the passage, "In the centre of the room, clamped to an upright easel, stood the full-length portrait of a young man of extraordinary personal beauty," but that quote does not appear until the second page of the story. Useful as a supplement to the original novel, but not a replacement for it.
——Karen Hoth, Marathon Middle/High School, FL
黑暗的魅力與道德的淪喪:《道林·格雷的畫像》與相關文本的深度剖析 奧斯卡·王爾德的《道林·格雷的畫像》(The Picture of Dorian Gray)無疑是維多利亞時代末期文學史上的一顆璀璨而又危險的寶石。它不僅是一部關於美貌、享樂主義和道德腐敗的哥特式小說,更是一部對十九世紀社會規範、藝術本質以及人性深處欲望的辛辣諷刺與深刻探討。然而,當我們聚焦於王爾德廣闊的文學版圖時,會發現除瞭這部標誌性的長篇小說之外,他還留下瞭大量同樣引人入勝、風格獨特的戲劇、詩歌、散文和書信。這些作品共同構建瞭一個復雜而迷人的文學世界,其深度與廣度,遠超單純對一個“畫像”故事的解讀。 一、 戲劇的巔峰:對僵化社會的無情解剖 王爾德的戲劇創作,是其機智和尖銳洞察力的集中體現。他以“唯美主義”的旗手身份,對當時中上流社會的虛僞、陳腐和道德僵化進行瞭無情的嘲諷。《道林·格雷的畫像》探討瞭個體靈魂的墮落,而他的喜劇則將矛頭指嚮瞭集體行為的荒謬。 《不可兒戲》(The Importance of Being Earnest) 無疑是其中的巔峰之作。這部被譽為“荷馬式”的喜劇,以其近乎荒誕的精確性,展現瞭維多利亞時代貴族階層對身份、婚姻和責任的輕率態度。故事圍繞著兩個使用相同假名“厄內斯特”的年輕人展開,通過誤會、錯位和一係列機智的對白,王爾德揭示瞭“錶麵現象”在當時社會中的至高無上的地位。他藉用人物之口,提齣瞭許多至今仍為人稱道的格言,例如:“我從不相信我沒有親眼見過的事物。”或者關於“好意”的諷刺。這部劇的魅力不在於其情節的復雜性,而在於其語言的純粹性——每一個詞語都經過精心打磨,旨在達到純粹的美學效果,同時又精準地擊中瞭社會弊病。 《溫夫人的扇子》(Lady Windermere's Fan) 則更側重於探討女性的道德標準和公眾審判的殘酷性。劇中探討瞭“一位好女人”與“一個有過去的人”之間的界限,以其高潮部分的戲劇性反轉,迫使觀眾重新審視自己對貞潔和寬恕的定義。王爾德在此劇中展現瞭比《道林·格雷的畫像》更為溫和(盡管依然犀利)的道德探討,尤其關注瞭社會如何用雙重標準對待男性和女性的過失。 他的早期劇作,如《獄中記》(Vera; or, The Nihilist) 和 《意大利的貴族》(The Duke of Milan's Tragedy),雖然在風格上略顯稚嫩,但已經顯露齣他對宏大主題、命運抗爭以及浪漫悲劇的興趣,為他後來的諷刺喜劇奠定瞭對人性復雜性的認知基礎。 二、 詩歌與美學的宣言 王爾德的文學追求,核心在於“為藝術而藝術”(Art for Art's Sake)的信條。盡管他後期的戲劇成就更為突齣,但他早期是以詩人身份嶄露頭角的。《道林·格雷的畫像》的哲學基礎,很大程度上源於他對美學原則的堅持。 他的詩歌集,例如《詩集》(Poems, 1881),充滿瞭對古典主義、異域風情和感官享樂的贊美。這些作品深受斯威本(Algernon Charles Swinburne)和勃蘭特(Dante Gabriel Rossetti)等前拉斐爾派詩人的影響。詩歌如《夜鶯》(The Nightingale)或《烏鴉》(The Raven)展示瞭一種對哀傷與沉醉的迷戀,強調瞭形式的完美勝過情感的真摯。在這些詩中,美本身就是目的,任何道德教化的意圖都被刻意排斥,這正是小說中道林·格雷所追求的生活哲學的詩意錶達。 此外,他對希臘神話和古典文學的重新詮釋,也體現在其敘事詩中,他試圖將現代的感官體驗融入到古老的敘事框架內,構建一種超越時空的美學體驗。 三、 散文與批評:對時代的診斷書 如果說《道林·格雷的畫像》是對一個特定靈魂的觀察,那麼王爾德的散文和文學評論,則是他對整個時代精神的全麵診斷。這些作品展示瞭王爾德作為一位文化評論傢的深刻洞察力。 《意圖》(Intentions) 是一部至關重要的文集,其中收錄瞭著名的對話體文章,如《作為藝術批評的對話》(The Critic as Artist)和《衰敗的藝術》(The Decay of Lying)。在這些篇章中,王爾德係統地闡述瞭他的美學理論: 1. 藝術的獨立性: 藝術不應該模仿自然,而自然纔應該模仿藝術。 2. 批評的創造性: 好的批評本身就是一種藝術創造,它超越瞭原作,賦予瞭作品新的生命。 3. 謊言的必要性: “生活模仿藝術甚於藝術模仿生活。”他主張,理想化的虛構和精心的“謊言”比粗糙的“真實”更能提升人類的精神境界。 這些散文不僅是對小說中享樂主義哲學的理論支持,更是對當時熱衷於現實主義和自然主義文學潮流的直接反擊。 四、 隱秘的告白與生命的終章 在王爾德生命後期,尤其是在他遭受牢獄之災後,他的作品風格發生瞭戲劇性的轉變。這些後期的作品雖然數量不多,但情感上的重量和精神上的深度,是早期作品無法比擬的。 《獄中記》(De Profundis) 是一封寫給前情人道格拉斯勛爵的萬言長信,它構成瞭王爾德人生和藝術的終極反思。這封信充滿瞭痛苦、悔恨、對友誼的審視,以及對耶穌基督作為“至高無上的唯美主義者”的重新理解。在《道林·格雷的畫像》中,道林最終被他自己的罪惡所毀滅,而在《獄中記》中,王爾德則試圖在自我放逐和苦難中,重建一種更具同情心和更深刻的道德基礎。信中對愛與背叛的剖析,其細膩和坦誠遠超小說中所有人物的對話總和。 此外,《球王山》(The Ballad of Reading Gaol) 也是這一時期的傑作。這首長詩以一種近乎殘酷的現實主義筆觸,描繪瞭監獄生活及其對人性的扭麯。詩歌中充滿瞭對社會不公和刑罰製度的控訴,標誌著王爾德從專注於上流社會審美情趣的唯美主義者,蛻變為關注人類共同苦難的社會觀察傢。 總而言之,圍繞《道林·格雷的畫像》的文學宇宙,是一個由華麗的喜劇、尖銳的批評、古典的詩歌和痛苦的自白所構築的完整世界。它展示瞭一個天纔作傢如何從對美的狂熱追求,走嚮對人性的深刻憐憫。要真正理解道林·格雷的命運,就必須將他置於王爾德全部的文字遺産之中去考察,纔能看到這位作傢在藝術與道德的復雜邊緣所留下的不朽印記。