梭罗:瓦尔登湖湖畔的精神小屋

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瓦尔登湖
瓦尔登湖(Walden; or, Life in the Woods,中国大陆译瓦尔登湖,台湾译湖滨散记,是美国作家亨利·戴维·梭罗所著的一本著名散文集。
该书出版于1854年,梭罗在书中详尽地描述了他在瓦尔登湖湖畔一片再生林中度过两年又两月的生活以及期间他的许多思考。瓦尔登湖地处美国马萨诸塞州东部的康科德城,离梭罗家不远。梭罗把这次经历称为简朴隐居生活的一次尝试。
《瓦尔登湖》的中文译本有多种,例如有徐迟、张知遥以及戴欢等翻译的版本。
章节
- 经济篇(Economy)
- 我生活的地方;我为何生活(Where I Lived, and What I Lived For)
- 阅读(Reading)
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声(Sounds
) - 寂寞(Solitude)
- 访客(Visitors)
- 种豆(The Bean-Field)
- 村子(The Village)
- 湖(The Ponds)
- 倍克田庄(Baker Farm)
- 更高的规律(Higher Laws)
- 禽兽为邻('Brute Neighbors)
- 室内的取暖(House-warming)
- 旧居民;冬天的访客(Former Inhabitants; and Winter Visitors)
- 冬天的禽兽(Winter
Animals
) - 冬天的湖(The Pond in Winter)
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春天(Spring
) - 结束语(Conclusion)
【作者简介】亨利•大卫•梭罗,19世纪美国最具影响力的作家与哲学家,其倡导亲近、热爱大自然的代表作《瓦尔登湖》被视为现代散文的典范。
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亨利.大卫.梭罗 (Henry David
Thoreau) 生于1817年7月12日 |
梭罗做的事情之一,就是写了一系列有关自己经历的文章,并且发表在「瓦登,林子里的生活」 (Walden, Life in the Woods) 一书中。他也因为拒绝缴交投票税,而被判入狱一天。梭罗不愿意缴税的原因,是为了对他不愿意支持的奴隶制度与墨西哥战争表示抗议。他写下「论公民的不服从」 (Civil Disobedience) 来说明他的立场。他认为「在一个囚禁不公义的政府统治之下,对公正的人来说,唯有监狱才是最真实的地方。」然而,梭罗入狱服刑的影响比他抗议奴隶制度更为深远。你觉得他还会作些什么呢?
One of the things that Thoreau did was write a series of essays
about his experiences, published in the book Walden, or, Life in
the Woods. He also spent a night in jail for refusing to pay his
voting tax. Thoreau withheld the tax as a protest against slavery
and the war with Mexico, which he did not support. He wrote "Civil
Disobedience" to explain his reasons. "Under a government which
imprisons any unjustly," he argued, "the true place for a just man
is also a prison." Thoreau, however, did more than just protest
slavery by going to jail. What else do you think he
did? |
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梭罗也帮助那些逃跑的奴隶,并且和那些要求废除奴隶制度的人站在一起。梭罗后来把焦点放在户外生活上,他也因此写了许多关于自然的文章,例如这张照片里的风景即是一例,但却从来没有因为他的作品而赚到大钱;当他在1862年去世时,许多康柯市的居民认为他的一生是失败的。梭罗或许不是一个富有的人,但他是一个坚持自己信念的人。他写道:「如果一个人不能追随同伴的脚步,或许这是因为他信服的是不同的鼓声。不管有多远,就让他跟随自己所听到的音乐声旁吧!」
直到今日,人们还是会因为梭罗的作品与他的作为而有所启发。你觉得梭罗的一生是不是失败的呢?
Thoreau also helped runaway slaves and defended those who fought for the end of slavery. Thoreau's later years were spent outdoors, where he wrote about nature, like the scene shown in this photograph. He never made much money from his writing. When he died in 1862, many people in Concord considered him to be a failure. Thoreau may not have become rich, but he was a man who followed his beliefs. "If a man does not keep pace with his companions," he wrote, "perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away."
Today people continue to be inspired by his writing and his
actions. Do you think Thoreau was a
failure? |
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作者:亨利·大卫·梭罗 等 译者:杨家盛 - 出版社:天津教育出版社
- 出版日期:2004年9月
- ISBN:753094153
- 页数:467 装帧:精装 开本:16开 版次:1
- 市场参考价:¥39.8 商品编号:1053125