2012年2月1日 星期三

The Moral Obligation to Be Intelligent: Selected Essays 知性乃道德职责

The Moral Obligation to Be Intelligent: Selected Essays

Lionel Trilling (Author), Leon Wieseltier (Editor, Introduction)
此書書名的翻譯問題多多 似乎可說是誤譯
意思類似"士不可不弘毅......"

From Library Journal

Trilling (1905-74) epitomized the idea of the 1950s New York intellectual. In opposition to the prevailing theories of the New Critics, he adopted a broader approach: the study of the interconnections between literature and culture. This collection features 32 of his essays on a range of topics, from Jane Austen to George Orwell, from the Kinsey Report to Lolita. Also included are Trilling's seminal essays "Art and Neurosis" and "Manners, Morals, and the Novel." Initially appearing in periodicals like the Partisan Review and Commentary, most of these pieces were later reprinted in Trilling's essay collections, which included The Liberal Imagination, Beyond Culture, and the posthumously published Speaking of Literature and Society. Recommended for public and academic libraries, especially those lacking the earlier collections.
-William Gargan, Brooklyn Coll. Lib., CUNY
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

Trilling (1905^-74) was an enormously influential critic who vehemently eschewed simplistic or emotional responses to art or morality. The author of many works, he was especially exigent, to use one of his favorite words, in his essays, most of which have long been out of print. Republished now in this substantial volume edited and vividly introduced by Leon Wieseltier, the literary editor for the New Republic and author of Kaddish (1998), these essays and lectures, still fresh and provocative, cover topics ranging from Austen, James, and Frost to the connections between art, neurosis, and politics. Distrustful of rapture and keen on reading literature as, in Wieseltier's words, "documents for a moral history of culture," Trilling embraced complexity and nuance and held critical integrity in the highest esteem. His essays possess great intellectual weight, and their richness, deep seriousness of thought, and sonorous vocabulary and syntax are balanced by a lashing wit and remarkable energy. Donna Seaman
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Product Details

  • Hardcover: 576 pages
  • Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux; 1st edition (May 2000)
  • Language: English

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副标题: 知性乃道德职责
作者: [美]莱昂内尔·特里林
译者: 严志军 / 张沫
出版社: 译林出版社
出版年: 2011-9
页数: 574
定价: 48.00元
装帧: 平装
丛书: 名家文学讲坛
ISBN: 9787544720458


内容简介 · · · · · ·
  本书是二十世纪五十年代纽约知识分子观念的缩影,特里林采用了一条更宽广的途径 ——文学与文化的交叉研究,来应对当时的新批评主流。通过这些不同凡响的文章,特里林向我们展示了一位非同寻常的批评家形象:他充满哲学动机而尊重文本, 对历史敏感而不受其束缚,受艺术的熏陶而并不崇拜它,尊 崇思想而怀疑理论。本书汇集了特里林从1938年到1975年间最有影响力的三十二篇文章,多数已作为经典被大量引用,具有重要影响。

作者简介 · · · · · ·

  莱昂内尔•特里林(1905—1975),二十世纪美国著名的文学与社会文化批 评家,生前为美国哥伦比亚大学资深文学教授,“纽约知识分子”群体的重要成员。特里林结合了专家和公共知识分子的双重身份,以独到的道德视角、优雅沉稳的 批评风度以及大量富有说服力的批评著述在理论流派纷繁复杂的美国批评界确立了自己的地位,被称为二十世纪中期美国青年一代的思想导师,对当代批评影响甚 大。其代表作有《自由的想象》、《弗洛伊德与我们的文化危机》、《反对自我》、《超越文化》等。

目录 · · · · · ·

目录
前言(利昂·维泽尔蒂尔)1
约翰·多斯·帕索斯的美国1
海明威和他的批评者9
T.S.艾略特的政治思想20
《不朽颂》32
吉卜林62
美国的现实71
艺术与神经症88
风俗、道德与小说106
《金赛报告》120
《哈克贝里·芬历险记》137
《卡萨玛西玛公主》148
华兹华斯与拉比177
威廉·迪安·豪威尔斯与现代品位的根基203
作为英雄的诗人:书信中的济慈225
乔治·奥威尔与关于真理的政治思想260
目前美国知识分子的状况276
《曼斯菲尔德庄园》293
伊萨克·巴别尔312
惰性的道德333
“巴门尼德的微笑令我深思”342
最后的恋人356
关于罗伯特·弗罗斯特的演讲:一次文化事件374
论教授现代文学383
利维斯—斯诺之争404
快乐的命运428
书信中的詹姆斯·乔伊斯451
现代世界里的思想479
艺术、意志与必然性502
我们为什么读简·奥斯丁的作品517
附录535
四十以下537
《自由的想象》序言540
《超越文化》序言545
篇目注释553
索引557

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