圖書信息
叢書名: 林語堂英文作品集
平裝: 524頁
正文語種: 英語
開本: 32
條形碼: 9787560088167
尺寸: 20.8 x 14.6 x 2.8 cm
重量: 699 g
作者簡介
林語堂,1895年10月10日生於福建漳州,乳名和樂,名玉堂,又改語堂。22歲獲上海聖約翰大學學士學位位,27歲獲美國哈佛大學比較文學碩士學位。29位獲德國萊比錫大學語言學博士學位,同年回國,先後執教於北京大學,北京大學,廈門大學和上海東吳大學,1936年後居住美國,此後主要用英文寫作。1966年回國,定居台灣,1967年受聘為香港中文大學研究教授,1975年榮任國際筆會國際筆會副會長。1976年3月26晶病逝於香港。葬於台北陽明山故居。林語堂用英文創作和翻譯的一系列經典作品深遠,奠定了他在國際文壇上的重要地位。
內容簡介
《美國的智慧》講述了:林語堂用美妙的英文向世界介紹中國人和中國歷史文化,但是,囿於所處時代、社會環境和個人經歷,他的思想認識不免帶有歷史的局限。20世紀30年代至50年代正是中國國內動盪變遷、破舊立新的時期,特定的創作背景無疑也給他的作品留下印痕。顯而易見地,比如當時對朝代稱謂與歷史紀元的劃定不統一(如稱清朝為Manchu Dynasty);且時無漢語拼音方案,專有名詞均使用威妥瑪拼音音譯等。此外,也能發現作者在解讀文化歷史和社會生活現象時的不足,如反映在民族關係的表述上,稱中國的一些少數民族為foreign blood、foreign race,乃至以Chinese特指Han Chinese等。
目錄
FOREWORD
PREFACE ON A SUNDAY MORNING
Chapter One THE WISDOM OF LMNG
Ⅰ THE SCOPE OF WISDOM
Ⅱ. THE PHILOSOPHERS' BLINDMAN'S BUFF
Ⅲ. THE AMERICAN SENSE OF FACT
Ⅳ. THE DEMAND FOR FAITH
Chapter Two COUNSEL FOR LⅣING
Ⅰ ALL IS RIDDLE
Ⅱ. HEED THY PRⅣATE DREAM
Ⅲ. WHO IS THE DREAMER?
Ⅳ. WHEN LAUGHTER IS WISER THAN TEARS
Chapter Three OUR ANIMAL HERITAGE
Ⅰ MODERN MAN PSYCHOANALYZED
Ⅱ. ADAM AND EVE
Ⅲ. WE SIMIANS
Ⅳ. WHAT ARE WE MAKING OF OURSELVES?
Chapter Four THE RHYTHM OF LIFE
Ⅰ WHERE IS WOMAN?
Ⅱ. THE RACE OF LIFE
Ⅲ. OLD AGE
Ⅳ. DEATH AND IMMORTALITY
Chapter FⅣe MAN AS SENTIMENT
Ⅰ INADEQUACY OFTHE MATERIALISTIC VIEW
Ⅱ. THE STUFF OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE
Ⅲ. THE RIGHT TO ROMANCE
Ⅳ. WHEN THE PRACTICAL MAN BECOMES A LOVER
Ⅴ THE SOUL'S VITAL RAPTURES
Chapter Six NEW ENGLAND INTERLUDE
Chapter Seven LIFE
Ⅰ THOREAU AND CONFUCIUS
Ⅱ. NO APOLOGY FOR LⅣING
Ⅲ. THE JOYS OF COMMON LIFE
Ⅳ. THE HEROISM OF COMMON TOIL
Ⅴ THOREAU AND THE VALUES OF LIFE
Chapter Eight LIBERTY
Ⅰ WHY LIBERTY?
Ⅱ "DEMOCRACY" VERSUS "DEMOCRATSKY"
Ⅲ. THE COMMON MAN
Ⅳ. THE STATE AND THE INDⅣIDUAL
Ⅴ JEFFERSONIAN DEMOCRACY
Chapter Nine THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS
Ⅰ THE BLUE BIRD
Ⅱ. PHYSIOLOGICAL PEACE
Ⅲ. THE TONIC EFFECT OF WORK
Ⅳ. THE SECRET OF CONTENTMENT
Ⅴ HOW TO BE SWEET THOUGH SOPHISTICATED
Chapter Ten THE ARTS OF LⅣING
Ⅰ THE ART OF DOING NOTHING
Ⅱ. FRIENDSHIP AND CONVERSATION
Ⅲ. FOOD AND WINE
Ⅳ. TEA AND TABACCO
Ⅴ HOBBIES
Chapter Eleven NATURE
Ⅰ SOCIETY AND NATURE
Ⅱ. THIS SENSE-FILLED EARTH
Ⅲ. THE WONDER OF IT ALL
Ⅳ. THE POWER AND THE GLORY
Ⅴ PANTHEISTIC REVELRY
Chapter Twelve GOD
Ⅰ A STRICTLY PRⅣATE MATTER
Ⅱ. OUR LOW NOTIONS OF GOD
Ⅲ. ESSAY ON BLACK
Ⅳ. THREE GREAT RELIGIOUS NATURES
Ⅴ THE SPIRIT OF INQUIRY
Chapter Thirteen LOVE
ⅠMARRIAGE
Ⅱ.GREAT MEN IN TROUBLE: FRANKLIN
Ⅲ. JEFFERSON INTROUBLE
Ⅳ. LINCOLN IN TROUBLE
Ⅴ SEX AND MODESTY
Ⅵ WHITMAN'S SEX DEMOCRACY
Chapter Fourteen LAUGHTER
Ⅰ HUMOR
Ⅱ. SATIRE
Chapter Fifteen WAR AND PEACE
Ⅰ WORLD GOVERNMENT
Ⅱ. WOODROW WILSON
Ⅲ. WAR AND PEACE
Chapter Sixteen THE SUMMING UP
Ⅰ TO EVERY MAN HIS OWN PHILOSOPHY
Ⅱ. JUSTICE HOLMES'S CREDO
Ⅲ. EINSTEIN'S INTIMATE CREDO
Ⅳ. A TOAST TO MODERATION
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ENGLISH WORKS BY LIN YUTANG