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    KEENLYSIDE: History of English Literature (The)
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• • 金里赛得: 英国文学的历史 / KEENLYSIDE: History of English Literature (The)
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  • Perry KeenlysideThe History of English Literature This is, inevitably, a very brief survey of Englishliterature, and I had better say at once something about the limitations I haveimposed upon myself. I begin in 1375 or so because Anglo-Saxon writing, howeverfine, is in a language which is pretty well unreadable except by those whohave studied it; the first flowering of genius in something approaching modernEnglish comes in the second half of the fourteenth century. You will not findhere much mention of Irish, Scottish or Welsh writing: to do these literaturesjustice, each would require its own history, although I have of necessitymentioned such influential figures as Joyce and Yeats in Irish literature, orDylan Thomas in Welsh. Were this to be a history of literature in English, Iwould obviously have had to include American and post-colonial writers (Eliotand James are present because they took British citizenship). Dramatists aretreated briefly because the history of drama is a subject in itself [See NaxosAudioBooks’ The History of Theatre by David Timson]. The major exception tothis rule is Shakespeare, because it seems to me that he belongs almost as muchto literary culture—and, indeed, culture at large—as he does to drama inparticular. Every literary enthusiast will have his or her favoriteauthors and texts, and I am well aware that some listeners will bedisappointed, even outraged, by the omission of one or more of those favorites.I can only apologize, and confess that I have inevitably been influenced by myown particular loves, however hard I have striven to achieve balance. It wouldnot take Sherlock Holmes (or indeed any great literary detective) to discoverthat Hardy, Chaucer, Austen and Larkin (to name but a few) are close to myheart… Perhaps I should also say here that literature, for me, has a great dealmore to do with pleasure than with moral earnestness or the arrangement ofauthors in order of merit: if reading isn’t enjoyable—and even profoundlydisturbing works like King Lear are, in a sense, enjoyable—then it is probablya pointless activity. If literature does modify life and how we live it, it cansurely only do so through the medium of pleasurable appreciation. I have tried to convey here something of the texts – andcontexts – of the major writers in the English literary canon, quoting enoughto give a flavor of each author and attempting to show a little of how theyrepresent or express the age in which they lived. Many of us (myself included)find it helpful to be reminded who was alive and writing at a certain time, andwho were his or her contemporaries: the very speed of this survey may provide aclearer overview of changes and developments through the centuries. A history like this inevitably begs the question: what isliterature, and how does it differ from other kinds of writing? It isimpossible to provide a satisfactory short answer, but here goes…Literature iswriting which is born of a consciously artistic intent to create something,which not only expresses a perceived truth about the human condition, but alsotries to do so in a manner, which is aesthetically satisfying and productive ofpleasure. Pamphlets, most journalism, this audiobook, etc., do not thereforequalify… And what (I hear you cry) are the distinguishing features of Englishliterature, specifically? No space to do justice to this question, either, butperhaps it has something to do with its ability to range between the sublimeand the everyday, the infinite and the particular: English literature that isovertly political or philosophical is rarely entirely successful—unlike, say,the French, the English have little taste for large abstract theories, andprefer to build from the ground upwards—from the quotidian to the universal.George Eliot, through the character of Dorothea Brooke in Middlemarch,expresses this tendency to perfection: the novel has a wide emotional,historical and intellectual scope, and yet its effects are repeatedly achievedthrough a particular and beautifully-rendered moment—the moment, perhaps, whenMrs. Bulstrode comes quietly in to forgive her disgraced husband, or when Mr.Casaubon’s repulsive coldness melts briefly as he sees and is touched by theyouthful ardor and vulnerability of his watching wife. The ‘plight’ of literature, or of the novel, or the poem, isoften discussed nowadays, mainly because of the impact of other media and formsof entertainment: the very fact that this is an audiobook isrevealing. Yetmore books than ever before are being bought—if not alwaysread—and there will, I believe, always be a hunger for imaginative writingwhich enlarges the mind or spirit, which gives a sense of shape or meaning tothe complicated business of being alive. I hope that this history may make asmall contribution to encouraging that process. Notes by Perry Kennlyside Acknowledgements Lullaby by W. H. AudenUsed by permission of Curtis Brown Ltd. © 1940 W.H. Auden,renewed. All rights reserved. Pilate’s Wife by Carol Ann Duffy by kind permission of Picador, an imprint of MacmillanPublishers Ltd.John Betjeman’s The Metropolitan Railway: Baker StreetStation Buffet by permission of Desmond Elliott, Administrator of theEstate of Sir John Betjeman Coming by Philip Larkin, by kind permission of Marvell Press. About the Author Perry Keenlyside was born in 1950. Educated at Charterhouseand Trinity Hall, Cambridge, he has taught English at independent schools since1973. Apart from literature, his special interests include music—in his youthhe was a competent amateur oboist – anything to do with English history, andFrance. He is also a devoted fan of Liverpool Football Club. Other Naxos titleswritten or edited by Perry Keenlyside include The Life of Wolfgang AmadeusMozart, Poets of the Great War and Realms of Gold: The Letters and Poems ofJohn Keats.About the ReadersDEREK JACOBI is one of Britain’s leading actors having madehis mark on stage, film and television - and notably as an audiobook reader.His extensive theatrical credits include numerous appearances from London’sWest End to Broadway. He is particularly known for the roles of I Claudius andBrother Caedfael, both of which he has recorded audiobook versions of. JOHN SHRAPNEL was born in Birmingham and brought up inManchester. He joined the National Theatre (under Laurence Olivier) playingmany classical roles including Banquo and Orsino. With the Royal ShakespeareCompany he has appeared in classical Greek theater as well as numerousShakespearean plays. His television work varies from Stoppard’s ProfessionalFoul and Vanity Fair to Inspector Morse and Hornblower. Films include Nicholasand Alexandra, One Hundred and One Dalmatians and the role of Gaius in Gladiator. JONATHAN KEEBLE’s theater work includes leading roles atManchester’s Royal Exchange, Coventry, Liverpool, Exeter, Lancaster and WestYorkshire Playhouse. Television includes People Like Us, The Two Of Us andDeptford Grafitti. Jonathan has featured in over 250 radio plays for the BBCand was a member of the Radio Drama Company. TERESA GALLAGHER has performed in many leading roles in bothplays and musicals across Great Britain, London’s West End, and Off Broadway.In addition, she is a well-known voice to listeners of BBC Radio Drama. Herwork on film includes The Misadventures of Margaret and Mike Leigh’sTopsy-Turvy. ANTON LESSER is one of Britain’s leading classical actors.He has played many of the principal Shakespearean roles for the Royal ShakespeareCompany, including Petruchio, Romeo and Richard III. Appearances in majortelevision drama productions include The Cherry Orchard, Troilus and Cressida, The Mill on theFloss and The Politician’s Wife.
  • • 作品列表
    • • CD01
      • 作品编号：38567  The Age of Chaucer

      • Geoffrey Chaucer - The Canterbury Tales

      • Extract from The Miller's Tale

      • Extract from The Franklin's Tale

      • William Langland - The Book Concerning Piers Plowman

      • The 'Gawain' poet - Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

      • John Gower - Confessio Amantis

      • CD01
      • 作品编号：38619  The End of Chivalry

      • John Lydgate - The Duplicity of Women, mid 15th century

      • Anon - I Sing of a Maiden, early 15th century

      • Anon - Carol of Agincourt, circa 1415

      • Anon - Black-smutted Smiths, mid 15th century

      • Sir Thomas Malory - Le Morte d'Arthur from The Death of Arthur

      • John Skelton - Lullaby

      • Sir Thomas Wyatt - They flee from me...

      • Sir Thomas More - Utopia

      • Thomas Cranmer - The Book of Common Prayer

      • CD01
      • 作品编号：38620  The Triumphs of Oriana

      • The Triumphs of Oriana

      • Sir Walter Ralegh - As You Came from the Holy Land

      • Edmund Spenser - The Faerie Queene, 1589

      • Sir Philip Sidney - Astrophel and Stella, 1582

      • William Shakespeare - The Sonnets, 1609

      • Three Sonnets - Shall I compare thee... / The expense of spirit... / Let me not to the marriage...

      • Christopher Marlowe - The Passionate Shepherd to his Love

      • Ben Jonson - To Celia: Drink to Me Only

      • John Donne - Busie Old Foole, Unrulie Sunne

      • A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning

      • Holy Sonnets

      • Elizabethan Drama

      • Christopher Marlow - Dr Faustus

      • William Shakespeare

      • CD02
      • 作品编号：38620  The Triumphs of Oriana

      • Henry IV Part I

      • A Midsummer Night's Dream

      • King Lear

      • The Authorised Version of the Bible - The Song of Solomon

      • Francis Bacon - What is Truth?

      • John Donne - Sermons

      • CD02
      • 作品编号：38621  Puritan's Progress

      • Richard Lovelace - To Lucasta, Going to the Wars

      • George Herbert - Love

      • Henry Vaughan - The Retreate

      • Robert Herrick - To Daffodils

      • Richard Lovelace - To Althea, from Prison

      • John Milton

      • Paradise Lost

      • Andrew Marvell - The Definition of Love

      • To His Coy Mistress

      • John Bunyan

      • The Pilgrim's Progress

      • CD02
      • 作品编号：38622  Restoration

      • Daniel Defoe

      • Moll Flanders

      • John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester - A Song of a Young Lady to her Ancient Lover

      • John Dryden - Song for St Cecilia's Day

      • William Congreve - The Way of the World

      • CD02
      • 作品编号：38623  The Augustan Age

      • The Augustan Age - Alexander Pope

      • The Rape of the Lock

      • Essay on Man

      • Jonathan Swift

      • Gulliver's Travels

      • Samuel Johnson

      • Preface to Shakespeare

      • Henry Fielding

      • The Adventures of Joseph Andrews and his Friend, Mr Abraham Adams

      • CD03
      • 作品编号：38623  The Augustan Age

      • Thomas Gray - Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard

      • CD03
      • 作品编号：38624  Romantic Revolution

      • William Blake - Auguries of Innocence

      • Mock on, Mock on Voltaire, Rousseau

      • William Wordsworth - Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintem Abbey

      • Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Kubla Khan

      • The Gothic Novel - Mary Shelley Frankenstein

      • Jane Austen

      • Emma

      • Percy Bysshe Shelley

      • Ode to the West Wind

      • George Gordon, Lord Byron - Fragment

      • John Keats - Ode on Melancholy / Ode to a Nightingale / Ode on a Grecian Um

      • CD03
      • 作品编号：38625  Faith and Doubt - The Victorian Age

      • Alfred, Lord Tennyson - Be near me when my light is low

      • Charles Dickens - Hard Times / Great Expectations

      • Children's literature - The Detective Novel

      • The Brontes: Charlotte Bronte; Ann Bronte: Emily Bronte - Wuthering Heights

      • Matthew Arnold - Dover Beach

      • George Eliot - Middlemarch

      • Alfred, Lord Tennyson - In Memoriam, Tears, Idle Tears

      • Christina Rossetti - A Pause

      • Robert Browning - My Last Duchess

      • Rudyard Kipling - Recessional

      • CD03
      • 作品编号：38626  The Age of Anxiety

      • Thomas Hardy - Neutral Tones / Tess of the d'Urbervilles

      • Gerard Manley Hopkins - No wrost, there is none

      • Alfred Edward Housman

      • CD04
      • 作品编号：38626  The Age of Anxiety

      • Into my Heart an air that kills (A Shropshire Lad)

      • Henry James

      • Joseph Conrad - Heart of Darkness

      • Herbert George Wells - The War of the Worlds

      • David Herbert Lawrence - Odour of Chrysanthemums

      • Wilfred Owen - Futility

      • William Butler Yeats - The Second Coming, Collected Poems

      • James Joyce - Dubliners / Finnegans Wake

      • Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse

      • Evelyn Waugh - Decline and Fall

      • George Orwell - Coming Up for Air

      • T.S. Eliot

      • Wystan Hugh Auden - Lay your sleeping head, my love

      • CD04
      • 作品编号：38627  Post-War, Post-Modern

      • Cecil Day-Lewis

      • Keith Douglas - How to Kill

      • Dylan Thomas - A Refusal to Mourn the Death, By Fire, of a Child in London

      • Ivy Compton-Burnett / Jean Rhys / Doris Lessing

      • Muriel Spark - Memento Mori / Iris Murdoch / Graham Green

      • William Golding - The Spire / Angus Wilson / Anthony Powell

      • Kingsley Amis - Lucky Jim

      • Philip Larkin - Coming

      • Sir John Betjeman - The Metropolitan Railway: Baker Street Station Buffet

      • Ted Hughes - Thrushes

      • James Graham Ballard - Empire of the Sun

      • Carol Ann Duffy - Pilate's Wife

      • Epilogue