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書籍專區 文學館 小說/散文 To the Lighthouse (Norton Critical Editions)

To the Lighthouse (Norton Critical Editions)

作者:Woolf, Virginia/ Homans, Margaret(ed.)

出版社:Norton

年份:2023

ISBN:9780393422597

書號:30266483

裝訂:平裝

定價:$613

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內容簡介

《燈塔行》為自傳意味濃厚的作品,書中雷姆塞夫婦影射吳爾芙自己的父母。小說第一部份〈窗〉精確刻畫日常生活中夫妻之衝突與衝突後心靈契合之和諧狀態。第二部分〈歲月流逝〉以快速筆調描寫十年之變遷。第三部分〈燈塔〉敘述喪偶之雷姆塞先生與其子女完成其妻生前未竟之燈塔之行,以及受雷姆塞夫人影響之莉莉完成其畫。全書文辭精鍊,象徵意味濃厚,並充滿吳爾芙揮之不去的女性意識關懷。

 

作者簡介

維吉尼亞‧吳爾芙(Virginia Woolf, 1882-1941)二十世紀最重要的英國小說家、散文家之一,也是文學史上現代主義與女性主義的先鋒。出生於倫敦書香世家,自幼耳濡目染,聰穎且善感,非常年輕時便展現出眾的寫作才能,對二十世紀初期的英國文化影響極深。

 

This Norton Critical Edition includes:

  • The American edition of the novel, first published by Harcourt Brace in 1927, introduced and annotated by Margaret Homans.
  • A 1924-28 chronology of To the Lighthouse’s composition, revision, publication, and reception.
  • A rich selection of background materials, thematically organized for ease of reference. Topics include: “Autobiographical Writings,” “Family and Other Contemporary Contexts and Sources,” “Essays by Virginia Woolf,” and “Literary Sources.”
  • Nine critical assessments of To the Lighthouse, from publication to the present day, by Arthur Sydney McDowell, Louis Kronenberger, Mary Colum, Francis Brown, Erich Auerbach, Adrienne Rich, Rachel Bowlby, Pamela L. Caughie, and Urmila Seshagiri.
  • A chronology and a selected bibliography
作者介紹
Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) was the world-renowned author of Mrs. DallowayTo the Lighthouse, and The Waves, among other works.

Margaret Homans is a professor of English and women’s, gender, and sexuality studies at Yale University. She is the author of Bearing the Word: Language and Female Experience in Nineteenth-Century Women’s WritingRoyal Representations: Queen Victoria and British Culture, 1837?1876Women Writers and Poetic Identity: Dorothy Wordsworth, Emily Bronte, and Emily DickinsonThe Imprint of Another Life: Adoption Narratives and Human Possibility; and Virginia Woolf: A Collection of Critical Essays.