内容简介
   Folger Shakespeare Library The world's leading center for Shakespeare studies ? Full explanatory notes conveniently placedon the page facing each sonnet? A brief introduction to each sonnet, providing insight into its possible meaning? An index of first lines? An essay by Professor Lynne Magnusson, a leading Shakespeare scholar, providing a modern perspective on the poems? Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare booksThe Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., is home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare's printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs.     
作者简介
   William Shakespeare, 1564 - 1616 Although there are many myths and mysteries surrounding William Shakespeare, a great deal is actually known about his life. He was born in Stratford-Upon-Avon, son of John Shakespeare, a prosperous merchant and local politician and Mary Arden, who had the wealth to send their oldest son to Stratford Grammar School. At 18, Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway, the 27-year-old daughter of a local farmer, and they had their first daughter six months later. He probably developed an interest in theatre by watching plays performed by traveling players in Stratford while still in his youth. Some time before 1592, he left his family to take up residence in London, where he began acting and writing plays and poetry. By 1594 Shakespeare had become a member and part owner of an acting company called The Lord Chamberlain's Men, where he soon became the company's principal playwright. His plays enjoyed great popularity and high critical acclaim in the newly built Globe Theatre. It was through his popularity that the troupe gained the attention of the new king, James I, who appointed them the King's Players in 1603. Before retiring to Stratford in 1613, after the Globe burned down, he wrote more than three dozen plays (that we are sure of) and more than 150 sonnets. He was celebrated by Ben Jonson, one of the leading playwrights of the day, as a writer who would be "not for an age, but for all time," a prediction that has proved to be true. Today, Shakespeare towers over all other English writers and has few rivals in any language. His genius and creativity continue to astound scholars, and his plays continue to delight audiences. Many have served as the basis for operas, ballets, musical compositions, and films. While Jonson and other writers labored over their plays, Shakespeare seems to have had the ability to turn out work of exceptionally high caliber at an amazing speed. At the height of his career, he wrote an average of two plays a year as well as dozens of poems, songs, and possibly even verses for tombstones and heraldic shields, all while he continued to act in the plays performed by the Lord Chamberlain's Men. This staggering output is even more impressive when one considers its variety. Except for the English history plays, he never wrote the same kind of play twice. He seems to have had a good deal of fun in trying his hand at every kind of play. Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets, all published on 1609, most of which were dedicated to his patron Henry Wriothsley, The Earl of Southhampton. He also wrote 13 comedies, 13 histories, 6 tragedies, and 4 tragecomedies. He died at Stratford-upon-Avon April 23, 1616, and was buried two days later on the grounds of Holy Trinity Church in Stratford. His cause of death was unknown, but it is surmised that he knew he was dying.
Helen LaKelly Hunt, Ph.D., is a women's activist whose work in empowering women earned her election to the Women's Hall of Fame.
Barbara A. Mowat is director of academic programs at the Folger Shakespeare Library, senior editor of Shakespeare quarterly, chair of the Folger Institute, and author of The Dramaturgy of Shakespeare's Romances as well as essays on Shakespeare's plays and the editing of them.
Paul Westine is a professor of English at King's College and the Graduate School of the University of Western Ontario, Canada. He is general editor of the New Variorum Shakespeare and author of many papers and articles on the printing and editing of Shakespeare's plays.     
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					沉浸式科幻史诗:星际联邦的崛起与危机  书名:《寰宇星图:光年之外的呼唤》  作者:艾莉亚·凡恩  装帧:精装典藏版  页码范围:550页  ---  内容简介:  《寰宇星图:光年之外的呼唤》是一部宏大叙事驱动的硬科幻史诗,它将读者带入一个被时间与空间撕裂的未来纪元。故事不再聚焦于地球的黄昏,而是磅礴地铺展在数千个宜居行星组成的“奥瑞恩星际联邦”的兴衰沉浮之中。  第一部:遗失的坐标与新星的诞生 (约150页)  故事始于联邦成立后的第三个千年。人类文明在跨越数个星系的殖民扩张中达到了前所未有的鼎盛,但这种繁荣建立在一个巨大的谎言之上——“起源点”的真相被最高议会刻意掩盖。  主角,凯尔·雷诺,是联邦中央科学院的一名底层数据考古学家,一个热衷于探究被官方历史抹除的“大迁徙时代”的异见者。他无意中截获了一组加密信号,信号的源头指向被联邦划定为“禁区”的、位于银河系边缘的“无光星云”。这组信号并非任何已知的星际通讯协议,而是一种充满原始几何美感的、类似于古代天文仪式的复杂编码。  凯尔的搭档,一名沉默寡言、精通旧时代机械工程的异星顾问——泽娜,坚信这些信号指向了人类文明在跃迁技术诞生前所依赖的“先行者遗迹”。随着他们秘密启动一艘由报废星舰残骸拼凑而成的“幽灵船”,联邦安全局的阴影开始在他们身后凝聚。最高执政官维克多·索伦,一个冷酷、极度崇尚秩序的统治者,将凯尔视为动摇联邦根基的叛逆。  第二部:穿越以太与异星文明的接触 (约200页)  幽灵船成功突破了联邦设置的能量屏障,进入了无光星云。这里的物理法则似乎与联邦赖以生存的“稳定空间理论”背道而驰。船员们必须学会驾驭一种被称为“以太流”的、近乎形而上学的能量场进行短距离瞬移。  在星云深处,他们发现的并非古老的遗迹,而是一个处于半休眠状态的、远超人类想象的超级文明——“希格斯族”。希格斯族并非碳基生命,他们的存在形态更接近于高度复杂的、具有集体意识的量子纠缠网络。  凯尔和泽娜被卷入一场跨越物种的心灵对话中。希格斯族揭示了“大迁徙”的真相:人类并非是和平地占据了这些星系,而是依赖一种被污染的、极其不稳定的跃迁技术,无意中摧毁了多个原始的、更温和的星际社会。联邦的繁荣,是以牺牲宇宙的整体平衡为代价换来的。  与此同时,联邦的追捕舰队抵达了星云边缘。索伦执政官的目的是夺取先行者的技术,以巩固他对联邦内部日益增长的异见(尤其是对“非人类种族融合”的保守派反对)的控制。一场涉及不同维度能量武器的太空追逐战在希格斯族的“记忆晶体”周围爆发。  第三部:内部分裂与最终的抉择 (约200页)  凯尔和泽娜带着希格斯族的信息返回了联邦的核心世界——“新亚特兰蒂斯”。这些信息如同火星,瞬间点燃了联邦内部的矛盾:  1. 科学派:主张学习希格斯族的“共生跃迁”技术,彻底放弃对旧有技术的依赖。 2. 军事保守派:坚持认为希格斯族是潜在的入侵者,主张用武力夺取他们的技术,以确保联邦的绝对军事优势。 3. 底层民众:在被压制的异星殖民地爆发了大规模的抗议,他们要求联邦为历史上的种族屠杀进行赔偿。  凯尔被推到了风口浪尖,他必须在向大众公开真相、引发联邦全面内战之间做出选择。索伦执政官利用这次危机,宣布进入“最高安全状态”,并开始清洗所有同情凯尔的议员和科学家。  故事的高潮发生在联邦中央权力中枢——一座巨大的环形空间站。凯尔和泽娜策划了一场史无前例的“信息入侵”,试图将希格斯族关于宇宙平衡的知识广播到联邦的每一个角落。  在最后的对决中,索伦启动了联邦的“天基武器系统”,目标锁定在希格斯族的休眠地。凯尔必须利用泽娜改良的幽灵船,与希格斯族的集体意识短暂融合,以一种前所未有的方式,进行一场超越物理层面的反击——不是摧毁武器,而是重新编写武器系统的底层逻辑,使其服务于维护宇宙的稳定,而非破坏。  主题与风格:  《寰宇星图》探讨了文明发展的伦理困境:进步的代价是否总是建立在对弱者的剥削之上?技术至上主义的最终归宿是什么?小说融合了复杂而严谨的物理学概念(如零点能、多维时空几何),并以极具画面感的笔触描绘了宏伟的星际景观和令人不安的异星生物形态。这不是一个简单的英雄拯救世界的故事,而是一场关于记忆、道德责任和物种共存的深刻哲学思辨。本书的叙事节奏紧凑,充满了高智商的解谜与惊心动魄的太空机动作业,适合喜爱《沙丘》的政治深度和《基地》的宏大宇宙观的读者。