Power

基本信息

Edited by：William Shakespeare

Publisher：Vintage Classics

Published：5 Mar 2020

Language：English

Format Paperback：144 pages

ISBN-10 : 1784876097

ISBN-13 : 978-1784876098

Weight：100 g

Dimensions：110 x 12.7 x 178（mm）

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

权力的真正含义是什么?有些人是天生的还是可以像技能一样获得的?它是否总是滋生腐败和贪婪，还是一种向善的力量?从国王到囚犯，从战场到宫廷，莎士比亚对权力及其影响的无与伦比的理解，至今依然适用。

What is the true meaning of power? Are some simply born to it or can it be acquired like a skill? Does it always breed corruption and greed or can it be a force for good? From kings to prisoners and from battle-fields to courts, Shakespeare’s peerless understanding of power and its repercussions remains as pertinent today as it has ever been.

作者简介

威廉·莎士比亚出生于沃里克郡埃文河畔的斯特拉特福，1564年4月26日受洗。他的父亲是一位手套制造商和羊毛商人，他的母亲玛丽·雅顿(Mary Arden)是当地一位富裕地主的女儿。莎士比亚可能是在斯特拉福的文法学校接受的教育。1582年他娶了安妮·海瑟薇，第二年这对夫妇有了一个女儿，1585年又有了一对双胞胎。

莎士比亚的戏剧生涯似乎始于1590年左右。我们知道他是宫内大臣公司的一员，1603年詹姆斯一世继承王位后，该公司更名为国王公司。该公司收购了位于泰晤士河附近的伦敦萨瑟克地区的两家剧院——环球剧院和黑衣修士剧院。

莎士比亚的诗歌先于他的戏剧出版，其中两首分别于1593年和1594年出版，献给他的赞助人——南安普顿伯爵亨利·沃里斯利。莎士比亚的大部分十四行诗可能也是在这个时期写成的。

莎士比亚的戏剧记录在1594年开始出现，直到1611年前后，他大约每年创作两部。他最早的戏剧包括《亨利六世》和《泰特斯·安多洛尼克斯》。《仲夏夜之梦》、《威尼斯商人》和《理查二世》都是在16世纪90年代中后期创作的。他的一些最著名的悲剧写于17世纪早期;其中包括《哈姆雷特》、《奥赛罗》、《李尔王》、《麦克白》和《安东尼与克利奥帕特拉》。他晚期的戏剧，通常被称为浪漫剧，从1608年开始，包括暴风雨。

莎士比亚于1616年4月23日逝世，葬于斯特拉特福德的圣三一教堂。1623年，他的第一本作品集出版，被称为“第一对开本”。

William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, and was baptised on 26 April 1564. His father was a glove maker and wool merchant and his mother, Mary Arden, was the daughter of a well-to-do local land owner. Shakespeare was probably educated in Stratford’s grammar school. In 1582 he married Anne Hathaway, and the couple had a daughter the following year and twins in 1585.

Shakespeare’s theatrical life seems to have commenced around 1590. We do know that he was part of the Lord Chamberlain’s Company, which was renamed the King’s Company in 1603 when James I succeeded to the throne. The Company acquired interests in two theatres in the Southwark area of London, near the banks of the Thames - the Globe and the Blackfriars.

Shakespeare’s poetry was published before his plays, with two poems appearing in 1593 and 1594, dedicated to his patron Henry Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton. Most of Shakespeare’s sonnets were probably written at this time as well.

Records of Shakespeare’s plays begin to appear in 1594, and he produced roughly two a year until around 1611. His earliest plays include Henry VI and Titus Andronicus. A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Merchant of Venice and Richard II all date from the mid to late 1590s. Some of his most famous tragedies were written in the early 1600s; these include Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth and Antony & Cleopatra. His late plays, often known as the Romances, date from 1608 onwards and include The Tempest.

Shakespeare died on 23 April 1616 and was buried in Holy Trinity Church in Stratford. The first collected edition of his works was published in 1623 and is known as ‘the First Folio’.