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《貝奧武甫》是繼羅馬史詩之後歐洲較早的一部用本民族語言寫成的史詩,是英國文學中第1部重要作品。
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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.
《貝奧武甫》是繼羅馬史詩之後歐洲較早的一部用本民族語言寫成的史詩,是英國文學中第1部重要作品。史詩中的曆史人物,據記載生活在5至6世紀。史詩故事發生在相當於現在的丹麥和瑞典南部——當時盎格魯-撒剋遜人居住的地方,從5世紀中葉起,這些民族不斷嚮不列顛移民。大約在8世紀前半葉,關於貝奧武甫的傳說纔在他們定居的不列顛被寫成文字。史詩敘述瞭勇士貝奧武甫與怪物格蘭道爾搏鬥,使其斷臂而死;怪物之母為子復仇,又被他追蹤殺死。後來貝奧武甫做瞭國王,一次火龍來犯,他挺身斬龍,傷重而死,人民為他舉行瞭隆重的葬禮。史詩結構嚴謹,選材集中,在歐洲文學史上占有重要地位。
作者簡介
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.
精彩書評
"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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目錄
Introduction
Beowulf
Afterword
Glossary of Names
Genealogies
前言/序言
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