In this ground-breaking work, one of our foremost literary and cultural critics turns to the major figure in English literature, William Shakespeare, and proposes a dramatic new reading of nearly all his plays and poems. The key to A Theater of Envy is Girard's novel reinterpretation of "mimesis." For Girard, people desire objects not for their intrinsic value, but because they...(展开全部)

In this ground-breaking work, one of our foremost literary and cultural critics turns to the major figure in English literature, William Shakespeare, and proposes a dramatic new reading of nearly all his plays and poems. The key to A Theater of Envy is Girard's novel reinterpretation of "mimesis." For Girard, people desire objects not for their intrinsic value, but because they...(展开全部)

作者简介 菲利普•韦恩斯坦（Philip Weinstein），美国斯沃斯莫尔学院英文系教授，从事现代比较文学特别是英美小说领域的教学与研究。已出版《亨利•詹姆斯与想象的需求》（1971）、《欲望的语义学：从狄更斯到乔伊斯的身份变化模型》（1984） 、《福克纳的主题：无人拥有的宇宙》 （1992）、《剑桥文学指南：威廉•福克纳》（1995）、《除了爱还有什么？福克纳和莫里森心中的种族苦难》 （1996）、《不知不觉：现代派小说作品》（2005）等多部学术专著。 译者简介 晏向阳，高校教师，文学翻译。已出版《如果这都不算好，什么算？》《可怕的中年》《午夜北平》《黑河钓事》《剖析恶魔》《永远的男孩女孩》《波兰斯基传》《通往天堂的最后一站》等多种译作。

In this highly acclaimed biography, David Minter draws upon a wealth of material, including the novelist's essays, interviews, published and unpublished letters, as well as his poems, stories, and novels, to illuminate the close relationship between the flawed life and the artistic achievement of one of twentieth-century America's most complex literary figures. In the process, ...(展开全部)

斯蒂芬·吉尔，牛津大学荣休教授，林肯学院特聘院士，长期担任华兹华斯基金会董事。他编辑的《威廉·华兹华斯索尔兹伯里平原诗歌》（1975）开启了康奈尔权威版华兹华斯诗歌丛书；此后两度编辑牛津版华兹华斯诗文选。代表作有《华兹华斯与维多利亚人》（1998），《华兹华斯的重游》（2012）。第一版《威廉·华兹华斯传》（1989）享有盛誉，为纪念诗人二百五十周年华诞，特此增订再版。

Based on intimate knowledge of the poet's manuscripts, on a fresh look at contemporary records, and on a study of the mass of material that has appeared since the last serious biography, a quarter-century ago, this new account of Wordsworth focuses on what was most important to him - his life as a writer. The common notion is that the older Wordsworth betrayed his youthful, rad...(展开全部)

Produced in a pocket-sized, jacketed-paperback format, Phaidon's miniature editions make ideal gifts and desirable possessions. Each book features a wealth of finely reproduced colour images.

Since its first publication in 1965, this editionhas been widely hailed as the best available textof Blake's poetry and prose. Now revised, ifincludes up-to-date work on variants, chronology ofpoems and critical commentary by Harold Bloom. An"Approved Edition" of the Center for ScholarlyEditions of the Modern Language Association.

Since its first publication in 1965, this editionhas been widely hailed as the best available textof Blake's poetry and prose. Now revised, ifincludes up-to-date work on variants, chronology ofpoems and critical commentary by Harold Bloom. An"Approved Edition" of the Center for ScholarlyEditions of the Modern Language Association.