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King Lear
King Lear stands alongside Hamlet as one of the most profound expressions of tragic drama in literature. Written between 1604 and 1605, it represents Shakespeare at the height of his dramatic power. Drawing on ancient British history, Shakespeare constructs a plot that reads like a fable in its clear-sighted but terrifying simplicity. The ageing King Lear calls his daughters, Goneril, Regan and Cordelia to witness that he wishes "to shake all cares and business from our age" and divide his kingdom between his three children. When Cordelia refuses to flatter her father with sycophantic words of love, her banishment leads to chaos and civil war as Lear's disastrous "division of the kingdom" gives free reign to the greed and ambition of his two remaining daughters. As Lear sinks into rage and madness he is deserted by everyone except his "bitter" Fool, the loyal Kent and the exiled Cordelia. The play descends into a nighmarish theatre of cruelty and absurdity as Lear realises he has "ta'en / Too little care" of the poverty and corruption of his kingdom, and his loyal but foolish friend Gloucester has his eyes gouged out. Metaphors of monstrosity and perversions of nature structure the dramatic action, and the play's ending remains one of the most harrowing in all of Shakespeare. Many see a profound despair and nihilism in King Lear, and would agree with Kent's conclusion that "All's cheerless, dark and deadly". Other writers have identified a radical but pessimistic critique of contemporary conceptions of kingship and absolutist authority, yet it remains a remarkable tragedy of public misjudgement and intensely private grief and anguish. --Jerry Brotton -
麦克白
《麦克白》主要内容简介:莎士比亚是英国文艺复兴时期伟大的剧作家、诗人,被誉为“英国戏剧之父”,著有《哈姆莱特》、《奥瑟罗》、《罗密欧与朱丽叶》、《威尼斯商人》等戏剧共三十七部。本丛书选取莎剧经典英文版本和我国现代著名翻译家朱生豪先生流畅华美的中文译本,精心编排,以英汉对照的形式把莎士比亚最具代表性的传世戏剧经典奉献给广大读者。 -
The Merchant of Venice
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李尔王
阿登版莎士比亚(今版已经是第三次修订)一如既往地是莎士比亚诸多版本中金科玉律式的版本,其编注者均系国际著名莎士比亚专家;其所收原著文本具有准确性和仅威性;其有关莎士比亚作品的评介颇为新颖,有令人茅塞顿开之效。(The Arden Shakespeare,now in its third series,continues to be th4 gold standard of Shakespeare editions.Its editors are internationallY known;the texts are authoritative;the commentary is illuminating and up to date.) 《李尔王》是莎翁的四大悲剧之一,1681年后有人将其改编为喜剧收场,一直到19世纪中叶,人们才再度重拾原作,此后对本剧的溢美之词有增无减,甚至被评为莎翁最伟大的悲剧。 王权在文艺复兴时期是神圣至上的力量,李尔王一出场就命令女儿说出对自己的爱,透露出他这种怪异心态和专断独裁之间的深层关系。另外,剧中也表现出许多原型的家庭关系:手足的敌对意识、失去父母宠爱的恐惧、父母害怕子女冷漠无情等等。 近四个世纪以来,《李尔王》受到两极化的评价。例如在莎剧中,没有一场像本剧一样,让不公不义如此暴虐嚣张而又无需受到惩罚,使本剧既充满令人难堪的痛苦,又有被喻为如《神曲》或贝多芬交响曲般的壮阔,雪莱更评誉本剧为最伟大的戏剧诗作。 -
第十二夜-中英文对照全译本
《第十二夜(中英文对照全译本)》内容简介:于世界文学史中,足以笼罩一世,凌越千古,卓然为词坛之宗匠,诗人之冠冕者,其唯希腊之荷马,意大利之但丁,英之莎士比亚,德之歌德乎,此四子者,各于其不同之时代及环境中,发为不朽之歌声。然荷马史诗中之英雄,既与吾人之现实生活相去太远;但丁之天堂地狱,又与近代思想诸多低语;歌德距吾人较近,实为近代精神之卓越的代表。但以超脱对空限制一点而论,则莎士比亚之成就,实远在三子之上。盖莎翁笔下之人物,虽多为古代之贵族阶级,然其所发掘者,实为古今中外贵贱贫富人人所同具之人性。故虽经三百余年以后,不仅其书为全世界文学之士所耽读,其剧本且在各国舞台与银幕上历久搬演而不衰,盖由其作品中具有永久性与普遍性,故能深入人心如此耳。 中国读者耳闻莎翁大名已久,文坛知名之士,亦曾将其作品,译出多种,然历观坊间各译本,失之于粗疏草率者尚少,失之于拘泥生硬者实繁有徒。拘泥字句之结果,不仅原作神味,荡然无存,甚至艰深晦涩,有若天书,令人不能阅读,此则译者之过,莎翁不能任其咎者也。 余笃嗜莎剧,曾首尾研涌全集至少十余遍,于原作精神,自觉颇有会心。开四年春,得前辈同事詹先生之鼓励,始着手为翻译全集之尝试。越年战事发生,历年来辛苦搜集之各种莎集版本,及诸家注译考证批评之书,不下一二百册,全数毁于炮火,仓卒中只携出牛津版全集一册,及译稿数本而已,而后辗转流徙,为生活而奔波,更无暇晷,以续未竟之志。及卅一年春,目观世变日亟,闭户家居,摈绝外务,始得惠心一志,致力译事。虽贫穷疾病,交相煎迫,而埋头伏案,握管不辍。前后历十年而全稿完成,夫以译莎工作之艰巨,十年之功,不可云久,然毕生精力,殆已尽注于兹矣。 余译此书之宗旨,第一在求于最大可能之范围内,保持原作之神韵;必不得已而求其次,亦必以明白晓畅之字句,忠实传达原文之意趣;而于逐字逐句对照式之硬译,则未敢赞同。凡遇原文中与中国语法不合之处,往往再三咀嚼,不惜全部更易原文之结构,务使作者之命意豁然呈露,不为晦涩之字句所掩蔽。每译一段,必先自拟为读者,查阅译文中有无暧昧不明之处。又必自拟为舞台上之演员,审辨语调是否顺口,音节是否调和。一字一字之未惬,往往苦思累日。然才力所限,未能尽符理想;乡居僻陋,既无参考之书籍,又鲜质疑之师友。谬误之处,自知不免。所望海内学人,惠予纠正,幸甚幸甚! 原文全集在编次方面,不甚惬当,兹特依据各剧性质,分为“喜剧”、“悲剧”、“传奇剧”、“史剧”四辑,每辑各自成一系统。读者循是以求,不难获见莎翁作品之全貌。昔卡莱尔尝云:“吾人宁失百印度,不愿失一莎士比亚”。夫莎士比亚为世界的诗人,固非一国所可独占;倘若此集之出版,使此大诗人之作品,得以普及中国读者之间,则译者之劳力,庶几不为虚掷矣。知我罪我,惟在读者。 -
莎士比亚全集(中英对照)(全40册)
本全集为英国著名戏剧家莎士比亚作品集,共收录莎士比亚戏剧作品和十四行诗40部。