英国文学雪莱.pptxVIP

A Brief History of English Literature 冬天来了，春天还会远吗？ If winter comes, can spring be far behind? — Ode to the West Wind Percy Bysshe Shelley(1792 - 1822) Percy Bysshe Shelley He was one of the major English Romantic poets and is critically regarded among the finest lyric poets in the English language. He is famous for Ode to the West Wind, Queen Mab《麦布女王》, To a Skylark《致云雀》, long poems Prometheus Unbound《解放的普罗米修斯》, The Revolt of Islam《伊斯兰的反叛》, and so on. Praises 威廉·华兹华斯曾称其为“One of the best artists of us all”; 同时期的拜伦称其为“Without exception the best and least selfish man I ever knew”; 恩格斯赞美雪菜是“天才的预言家”。 In 1816 met Byron In 1817, stayed at Marlow with John Keats In 1818, moved to Italy and formed “Satanic School” with Byron “魔鬼pai” In 1822, less than a month before his 30th birthday, Shelley drowned in a sudden storm while sailing back from Livorno in his schooner, was later buried in Rome. Marriages First marriage He eloped with a sixteen-year-old girl, Harriet, to Scotland to get married. Unhappy in his nearly three-year-old marriage, Shelley often left his wife and child alone. Second marriage During his first marriage he fell in love with Mary Godwin, the author of Frankenstein《科学怪人》, and eloped with her to the European Continent. They got married a few weeks after Harriet’s body was found. 致— 有一个字经常被人亵渎  我不会再来亵渎。有一种感情被人假意鄙薄  你也不会再来鄙薄。有一种希望太似绝望  何须再加提防！你的怜悯之情无人能比  温暖着我的心。 致— 我不能给你人们所谓的爱情，  但不知你能否接受这颗心对你的仰慕之情  连上天也不会拒绝。犹如飞蛾扑向星星，  又如黑夜追求黎明。这种思慕之情  早已跳出了人间苦境！