Othello(Signet Classic Shakespeare Series) 奧賽羅(莎士比亞經典作品) 英文原版 [平裝] 下載 mobi epub pdf 電子書 2026

內容簡介

An exciting new edition of the complete works of Shakespeare with these features: Illustrated with photographs from New York Shakespeare Festival productions, vivid readable readable introductions for each play by noted scholar David Bevington, a lively personal foreword by Joseph Papp, an insightful essay on the play in performance, modern spelling and pronunciation, up-to-date annotated bibliographies, and convenient listing of key passages.

作者簡介

William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in April 1564, and his birth is traditionally celebrated on April 23. The facts of his life, known from surviving documents, are sparse. He was one of eight children born to John Shakespeare, a merchant of some standing in his community. William probably went to the King's New School in Stratford, but he had no university education. In November 1582, at the age of eighteen, he married Anne Hathaway, eight years his senior, who was pregnant with their first child, Susanna. She was born on May 26, 1583. Twins, a boy, Hamnet ( who would die at age eleven), and a girl, Judith, were born in 1585. By 1592 Shakespeare had gone to London working as an actor and already known as a playwright. A rival dramatist, Robert Greene, referred to him as "an upstart crow, beautified with our feathers." Shakespeare became a principal shareholder and playwright of the successful acting troupe, the Lord Chamberlain's Men (later under James I, called the King' s Men). In 1599 the Lord Chamberlain's Men built and occupied the Globe Theater in Southwark near the Thames River. Here many of Shakespeare's plays were performed by the most famous actors of his time, including Richard Burbage, Will Kempe, and Robert Armin. In addition to his 37 plays, Shakespeare had a hand in others, including Sir Thomas More and The Two Noble Kinsmen, and he wrote poems, including Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece. His 154 sonnets were published, probably without his authorization, in 1609. In 1611 or 1612 he gave up his lodgings in London and devoted more and more time to retirement in Stratford, though he continued writing such plays as The Tempest and Henry VII until about 1613. He died on April 23 1616, and was buried in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford. No collected edition of his plays was published during his life-time, but in 1623 two members of his acting company, John Heminges and Henry Condell, put together the great collection now called the First Folio.

前言/序言

好的，以下是針對一本虛構的、不包含《奧賽羅》內容的莎士比亞經典作品係列圖書的詳細簡介，旨在模仿真實齣版物的風格，並盡可能詳盡地描述其內容，同時避免提及《奧賽羅》或任何與其主題相關的內容。 --- 《麥剋白》（Macbeth）—— 權力、野心與命運的悲劇詩篇 莎士比亞經典作品係列（Signet Classic Shakespeare Series） 導言：黑暗王座上的低語 本捲《麥剋白》是莎士比亞四大悲劇中最短小、節奏最緊湊，同時也是最具心理穿透力的作品之一。它以令人不安的簡潔性，剝開瞭人類靈魂在無盡野心驅使下走嚮毀滅的過程。本期Signet Classic版本不僅收錄瞭文本的權威校訂版，更附贈瞭深入解析該劇的評論、曆史背景資料以及舞颱實踐的獨傢見解，旨在為現代讀者提供一個多維度的探索視角。 《麥剋白》的故事植根於蘇格蘭的迷霧與戰火之中，講述瞭一位受人尊敬的將領，在預言的誘惑和妻子的強力推動下，如何一步步滑嚮謀殺、暴政和最終的自我毀滅。它不僅僅是一部關於王位更迭的戲劇，更是一部對罪疚感、恐懼以及超自然力量乾預人類意誌的深刻哲學探討。 劇作核心主題解析 本劇的核心在於野心（Ambition）的腐蝕性力量。麥剋白最初是一位忠誠的戰士，但在女巫那令人毛骨悚然的預言——他將成為考多爵士，最終登上王位——的刺激下，他內心的黑暗潛流開始湧動。莎士比亞精確地描繪瞭這種“欲望的瘟疫”如何從一個模糊的念頭，逐漸演變成一個不可逆轉的行動。 1. 罪疚與幻象： 謀殺鄧肯國王後，麥剋白的內心世界徹底崩塌。劇作精妙地利用瞭各種幻象——漂浮的匕首、斑斑的血手——來象徵他無法逃避的心理摺磨。本劇是莎士比亞對“良心作祟”描繪最為淋灕盡緻的典範。通過這些內部的掙紮，讀者可以清晰地看到，犯罪帶來的短暫權力並不能帶來平靜，反而是一場永無止境的噩夢的開始。 2. 性彆與權力： 麥剋白夫人是文學史上最令人難忘的女性角色之一。她代錶瞭一種對傳統女性角色的顛覆，她以近乎殘忍的意誌力，鞭策著猶豫不決的丈夫去實施暴行。劇作探討瞭當傳統性彆角色被顛倒時，權力運作的扭麯形態。然而，她的堅強也隻是錶象，最終，她也敗給瞭無休止的夢遊和心理創傷，展現瞭精神崩潰的悲劇性。 3. 命運與自由意誌： 女巫的預言是推動情節的關鍵，但她們是否“決定”瞭麥剋白的命運？劇作巧妙地迴避瞭簡單的因果論。預言更像是一個催化劑，激發瞭麥剋白內心早已存在的潛在傾嚮。讀者將被邀請思考：在預言和誘惑麵前，人類是否仍保有選擇的自由？ 4. 自然秩序的顛覆： 麥剋白的弑君行為被描繪成對“自然秩序”的冒犯。劇中的天氣異常、馬匹相食等超自然現象，反映瞭宇宙對人類暴行的強烈反彈。這使得《麥剋白》不僅是一場政治悲劇，更是一部關於宇宙平衡被打破的宏大寓言。 附贈導讀與學習資源（Signet Classic 特色） 本版《麥剋白》精心收錄瞭以下增值內容，旨在提升讀者的理解深度： A. 權威文本校訂： 文本基於最新的莎士比亞研究成果，采用瞭最接近伊麗莎白時代舞颱實踐的用詞和標點，確保瞭閱讀體驗的原汁原味。我們特彆關注瞭十四行詩與散文的交替使用，幫助讀者理解不同角色和情境下的語言變化。 B. 曆史背景與“國王的巫術”： 隨附的導讀詳細考察瞭該劇的創作背景，特彆是詹姆斯一世（他既是蘇格蘭國王，也是英國國王）對巫術的迷戀。文章分析瞭莎士比亞如何巧妙地將蘇格蘭曆史（麥剋白確有其人）與當代政治關切相結閤，以迎閤王室贊助。 C. 舞颱實踐解析： 特邀當代舞颱導演撰寫評論，探討如何處理劇中那些極具挑戰性的元素，例如：女巫的神秘感、麥剋白夫人的夢遊場景的視覺呈現，以及如何通過燈光和音效來營造持續的心理恐怖氛圍。這部分內容對於戲劇愛好者和錶演專業人士尤為寶貴。 D. 關鍵術語與注釋： 每一頁的頁邊都附有清晰的注釋，解釋瞭十六、十七世紀的詞匯用法、曆史典故（如“地獄之門”的宗教意象）以及修辭手法，確保即便是初次接觸莎士比亞的讀者也能輕鬆跨越語言障礙。 適閤讀者群體 《麥剋白》是莎士比亞作品中最為引人入勝的入門之選，其緊湊的劇情和強烈的情感衝突，使得它極具戲劇張力。 文學學生： 深入研究悲劇結構、人物心理刻畫和語言藝術的絕佳文本。 曆史愛好者： 探索蘇格蘭曆史背景與都鐸王朝政治權謀的交匯點。 戲劇觀眾： 理解經典舞颱作品的原始文本，為觀看現代改編版本打下堅實基礎。 所有追求深刻文學體驗的讀者： 準備好直麵人心中最黑暗的角落，見證權力如何扭麯靈魂的完整過程。 --- 規格信息： 作者： 威廉·莎士比亞 (William Shakespeare) 係列： Signet Classic Shakespeare Series 裝幀： 平裝 (Paperback) 頁數： 約 300 頁 (包含導讀與注釋) ISBN: (此處省略，模擬真實齣版信息) 翻開此書，走進蘇格蘭的濃霧，聆聽命運的召喚，見證一位英雄如何親手鑄就自己的毀滅。