草葉集-惠特曼詩選【中英對照版】

草葉集-惠特曼詩選【中英對照版】
ISBN-10
9861784268
ISBN-13
9789861784267
Category
Poetry / General
Pages
224
Language
Chinese
Published
2017-12-15
Publisher
How-Do Publishing Co., Ltd. (好讀出版有限公司)
Author
華特.惠特曼

Description

「美國本身就是一首最了不起的詩」──華特.惠特曼

沒有一個美國詩人比惠特曼更具有影響力。早在150年前,他就以詩的創作,表現了民主與自由、生命與死亡的各種辯證。他歌頌商人、木匠、耕童、罪犯;他歌頌母親、女工、娼妓;他歌頌靈魂,也歌頌肉體;歌頌群體,也歌頌個人。
《草葉集》於1855年自費出版,從最初短短的95頁,歷經惠特曼一生的8次增訂、改版,直到他過世為止,這部詩集已成為收錄上百篇詩作、長達數百頁的鉅著。如今,《草葉集》是美國文學史上最具代表性的著作之一。惠特曼友人暨評論家瑪麗•貝倫森(Mary Berenson)曾說:「沒有惠特曼,沒有草葉集,就不可能真正了解美國。」
對於遠在台灣的我們,透過《草葉集》汲取惠特曼的思想,或許可以這麼說吧:沒有惠特曼,沒有草葉集,就不可能真正了解何謂自由,何謂民主。
《草葉集》的主題看似崇高至上,好像不斷訴說著精神和智識的重要性,然而惠特曼自己曾寫道:「就核心主旨而言,我希望《草葉集》帶來的直接影響是關乎生命的,關乎血肉的,也關乎身體慾望,關乎動物本能。《草葉集》並非一部歌詠理性或是學術性質的創作詩集,而是發自情緒與肉體的激情吶喊。」
靈魂與肉體在詩裡彼此對立卻又互相協調,正是這樣的二元辯證,使得惠特曼的詩無論在思想上或是美學上,都有著不可動搖的經典地位。

本書精選50篇草葉集選詩,從人類處境的長篇高歌,到自我思索的喃喃絮語,橫跨了惠特曼的早年至晚年。並有中英雙語對照,帶你掌握經典原文。

〈寫給你〉(To You)
陌生人啊,你我若相逢,而你欲對我言語,何不對我訴說?
我又何不對你傾訴?

〈我歌頌自我〉(One's Self I Sing)
我歌頌自我,一個簡單獨立個體,
也訴說民主與群眾的語言。

〈始自巴馬諾克〉(Starting From Paumanok)
我會寫出豐富資產的真實詩歌,
為身心寫出不被死亡所擾的永恆事物;
我要頌揚自我主義,萬物的根基,我會是歌唱人格的吟遊詩人。

〈我歌頌電流竄動的肉體〉(I Sing the Body Electric)
肉體真的不能如同靈魂完美?
若軀體不是靈魂,那靈魂又為何物?

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