內容簡介
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.
作者簡介
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.
前言/序言
沉浸式科幻史詩:星際聯邦的崛起與危機 書名:《寰宇星圖:光年之外的呼喚》 作者:艾莉亞·凡恩 裝幀:精裝典藏版 頁碼範圍:550頁 --- 內容簡介: 《寰宇星圖:光年之外的呼喚》是一部宏大敘事驅動的硬科幻史詩,它將讀者帶入一個被時間與空間撕裂的未來紀元。故事不再聚焦於地球的黃昏,而是磅礴地鋪展在數韆個宜居行星組成的“奧瑞恩星際聯邦”的興衰沉浮之中。 第一部:遺失的坐標與新星的誕生 (約150頁) 故事始於聯邦成立後的第三個韆年。人類文明在跨越數個星係的殖民擴張中達到瞭前所未有的鼎盛,但這種繁榮建立在一個巨大的謊言之上——“起源點”的真相被最高議會刻意掩蓋。 主角,凱爾·雷諾,是聯邦中央科學院的一名底層數據考古學傢,一個熱衷於探究被官方曆史抹除的“大遷徙時代”的異見者。他無意中截獲瞭一組加密信號,信號的源頭指嚮被聯邦劃定為“禁區”的、位於銀河係邊緣的“無光星雲”。這組信號並非任何已知的星際通訊協議,而是一種充滿原始幾何美感的、類似於古代天文儀式的復雜編碼。 凱爾的搭檔,一名沉默寡言、精通舊時代機械工程的異星顧問——澤娜,堅信這些信號指嚮瞭人類文明在躍遷技術誕生前所依賴的“先行者遺跡”。隨著他們秘密啓動一艘由報廢星艦殘骸拼湊而成的“幽靈船”,聯邦安全局的陰影開始在他們身後凝聚。最高執政官維剋多·索倫,一個冷酷、極度崇尚秩序的統治者,將凱爾視為動搖聯邦根基的叛逆。 第二部:穿越以太與異星文明的接觸 (約200頁) 幽靈船成功突破瞭聯邦設置的能量屏障,進入瞭無光星雲。這裏的物理法則似乎與聯邦賴以生存的“穩定空間理論”背道而馳。船員們必須學會駕馭一種被稱為“以太流”的、近乎形而上學的能量場進行短距離瞬移。 在星雲深處,他們發現的並非古老的遺跡,而是一個處於半休眠狀態的、遠超人類想象的超級文明——“希格斯族”。希格斯族並非碳基生命,他們的存在形態更接近於高度復雜的、具有集體意識的量子糾纏網絡。 凱爾和澤娜被捲入一場跨越物種的心靈對話中。希格斯族揭示瞭“大遷徙”的真相:人類並非是和平地占據瞭這些星係,而是依賴一種被汙染的、極其不穩定的躍遷技術,無意中摧毀瞭多個原始的、更溫和的星際社會。聯邦的繁榮,是以犧牲宇宙的整體平衡為代價換來的。 與此同時,聯邦的追捕艦隊抵達瞭星雲邊緣。索倫執政官的目的是奪取先行者的技術,以鞏固他對聯邦內部日益增長的異見(尤其是對“非人類種族融閤”的保守派反對)的控製。一場涉及不同維度能量武器的太空追逐戰在希格斯族的“記憶晶體”周圍爆發。 第三部:內部分裂與最終的抉擇 (約200頁) 凱爾和澤娜帶著希格斯族的信息返迴瞭聯邦的核心世界——“新亞特蘭蒂斯”。這些信息如同火星,瞬間點燃瞭聯邦內部的矛盾: 1. 科學派:主張學習希格斯族的“共生躍遷”技術,徹底放棄對舊有技術的依賴。 2. 軍事保守派:堅持認為希格斯族是潛在的入侵者,主張用武力奪取他們的技術,以確保聯邦的絕對軍事優勢。 3. 底層民眾:在被壓製的異星殖民地爆發瞭大規模的抗議,他們要求聯邦為曆史上的種族屠殺進行賠償。 凱爾被推到瞭風口浪尖,他必須在嚮大眾公開真相、引發聯邦全麵內戰之間做齣選擇。索倫執政官利用這次危機,宣布進入“最高安全狀態”,並開始清洗所有同情凱爾的議員和科學傢。 故事的高潮發生在聯邦中央權力中樞——一座巨大的環形空間站。凱爾和澤娜策劃瞭一場史無前例的“信息入侵”,試圖將希格斯族關於宇宙平衡的知識廣播到聯邦的每一個角落。 在最後的對決中,索倫啓動瞭聯邦的“天基武器係統”,目標鎖定在希格斯族的休眠地。凱爾必須利用澤娜改良的幽靈船,與希格斯族的集體意識短暫融閤,以一種前所未有的方式,進行一場超越物理層麵的反擊——不是摧毀武器,而是重新編寫武器係統的底層邏輯,使其服務於維護宇宙的穩定,而非破壞。 主題與風格: 《寰宇星圖》探討瞭文明發展的倫理睏境:進步的代價是否總是建立在對弱者的剝削之上?技術至上主義的最終歸宿是什麼?小說融閤瞭復雜而嚴謹的物理學概念(如零點能、多維時空幾何),並以極具畫麵感的筆觸描繪瞭宏偉的星際景觀和令人不安的異星生物形態。這不是一個簡單的英雄拯救世界的故事,而是一場關於記憶、道德責任和物種共存的深刻哲學思辨。本書的敘事節奏緊湊,充滿瞭高智商的解謎與驚心動魄的太空機動作業,適閤喜愛《沙丘》的政治深度和《基地》的宏大宇宙觀的讀者。