The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

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Edward Gibbon was born in 1737 in Putney, England, and was the only child of his parents to survive infancy. Although his education was frequently interrupted by ill health, his knowledge was far-reaching. His brief career as an undergraduate at Magdalen College, Oxford, ended when he joined the Catholic Church. His father sent him to Lausanne, in Switzerland, where, while studying Greek and French for the next five years, he re-joined the Protestant Church. In 1761 he published his Essai sur l'étude de la Littérature; the English version appeared in 1764. Meanwhile, Gibbon served as a captain in the Hampshire Militia until 1763, when he returned to the Continent. It was while he was in Rome in 1764 that he first conceived the work that was eventually to become The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.

In 1774, after the death of his father, Gibbon settled in London and was elected to Parliament where he sat for the next eight years, although he never once spoke in the Commons. He also took his place among the literary circles of London. The first volume of his famous History was published in 1776; it was highly praised for its learning and style but incurred some censure for its treatment of the early Christians. The second and third volumes appeared in 1781 and the final three, which were written in Lausanne, in 1788. He died while on a visit to his friend, Lord Sheffield, who posthumously edited Gibbon's autobiographical papers and published them in 1796.

出版者:Wordsworth Editions Ltd
作者:Edward Gibbon
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頁數:1088
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出版時間:1999-12-5
價格:USD 7.99
裝幀:Paperback
isbn號碼:9781853264993
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Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, published between 1776 and 1788, is the undisputed masterpiece of English historical writing which can only perish with the language itself. Its length alone is a measure of its monumental quality: seventy-one chapters, of which twenty-eight appear in full in this edition. With style, learning and wit, Gibbon takes the reader through the history of Europe from the second century AD to the fall of Constantinople in 1453 - an enthralling account by 'the greatest of the historians of the Enlightenment'. This edition includes Gibbon's footnotes and quotations, here translated for the first time, together with brief explanatory comments, a precis of the chapters not included, 16 maps, a glossary, and a list of emperors.

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说实话,西方人写的历史著作我一般不爱看,一来西方人写得太细了,一来懂得外语的翻译者,却不是一个合格的中文书写者。而吉本这部书,如果一定要我评价,我认为只有司马迁的《史记》可相提并论。罗马帝国在西方历史上,如汉唐之于我国。而罗马之分裂和中国的持久统一,构...  

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说实话,西方人写的历史著作我一般不爱看,一来西方人写得太细了,一来懂得外语的翻译者,却不是一个合格的中文书写者。而吉本这部书,如果一定要我评价,我认为只有司马迁的《史记》可相提并论。罗马帝国在西方历史上,如汉唐之于我国。而罗马之分裂和中国的持久统一,构...  

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【本文作于多年前,系针对商务节编本而言,当时席译本未出】 中译本是根据英文节本翻译的,以篇幅而论,只合原著一小部分。节编者明言,此书是为读过原著的人准备的。我粗略地比较了中、英两种文本,感觉在没有译出的文字中,不少是很有价值的。首先是注释,作者在...  

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关于罗马的历史,或者罗马帝国的历史的著作可谓汗牛充栋,而生于18世纪的英国史学泰斗爱德华·吉本所著的《罗马帝国衰亡史》在其中则当之无愧地占据了重要而显著的位置。通史性质的史书,有利于从历史的漫长这样一个角度来体味历史发展的脉络,在更大的一个尺度上找出某种规律...  

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核心提示:《上海书评》刊登了对席代岳先生的访谈,谈他翻译的《罗马帝国衰亡史》。文末席先生提及大陆读者对他译著的意见,其宽容的气度令人感佩。此前,我在网络上随口发表了对此译本的诸多“牢骚话”,我原以为席先生正当壮年,现在才知道却是一位年逾七旬的长者,从人际交...  

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吉本對羅馬時代兼容並蓄的精神非常欣賞,因此對基督教的血腥發傢史充滿瞭嘲諷。

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Very good! Great english literature!

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詞匯。。。

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