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1、中学生英语课外阅读:TheDivineComedy BookonDivineComedydoesDantedifferently What’saniceJewishgirlfromNewJerseywhosefirstlanguagewasYiddishdoingwritingabookabouthistory’sgreatestCatholicpoet,Dante? Perhapstryingtoconvincetheworldthathisepicpoem,theDivineComedy,isnotjustforIvyLeagueintellectualsbutfortheco
2、mmonmanandwomanonlife’sjourney. HarrietRubin’s“DanteinLove,”publishedbySimonandSchuster,maynotbecomerequiredreadinginthehallowedhallsofOxbridgeacademia.Butthat’sjustfinewithher. ”Thisbookisaimedatpeopleinhell,”saidRubin.“Andhowdoyougetoutofhellifthereisnoexitsignanywhere?Thebookisaimedatpeoplew
3、hoareinsomekindofquandary.Peoplewithpassion.” Quandary?Passion?Danteatethemforbreakfast. BannedfromreturningtohisbelovedFlorencein1302,DanteroamedfromcitytocityinItalyandFrance,fromnoblecourttogrubbybackstreetsuntilhediedinRavennain1321. Throughtheexile,thewanderingandtheangst,hecreatedTheDivi
4、neComedy--dividedintoHell,PurgatoryandParadise--apoemmanyconsiderthegreatesteverwritten. Rubin,thedaughterofawindowcleanerandhousewifefromNewJersey,alreadyhadexperienceinwritingaboutanItalianluminaryfromcenturiespast. Sheisauthorofthehighlyprovocativeandacclaimed1998book“ThePrincessa:Machiavell
5、iforWomen,”inwhichshediscusseshowtobecomepowerfulwithoutbecominglikeaman. NowsheisdoingDantedifferentlyfrommanypreviousworksonthepoetconsideredtobethefatheroftheItalianlanguage. Itisbynomeansa“DivineComedyforIdiots.” ButinitsownwayitdoestakeDanteoffthepedestalofpoeticsanctityandexplainassimply
6、aspossibletheimmensetapestryofreligion,art,architecture,cosmology,theologyandhistorythatprovidedthebackdropforthework. 犹太女孩谱写别样《神曲》 一个来自新泽西、母语为依地语的犹太女孩创作了一本关于历史上最伟大的天主教诗人但丁的书,不觉得她很可爱吗? 这或许是为了向世人证明,但丁的史诗《神曲》并不仅仅是写给长青藤联盟的学者看的,同样也适合跋涉在生命旅程中的普通男女。 哈里特·鲁宾的《爱中的但丁》一书由西蒙和舒斯特出版集团发行,这本书可能并不会成为牛津和剑桥大学神圣
7、厅堂里的必读书,但对她来说这样已经很好了。 鲁宾说:“这本书的受众对象是那些在苦难中挣扎的人们。如果在任何地方都找不到出口标志,你怎样才能脱离困境呢?这本书是专为那些陷入某种困境、却仍怀有激情的人们而写的。” 困境?激情?但丁拿它们当家常便饭。 1302年,但丁被禁止回到他深爱的佛罗伦萨,于是他周游意大利和法国,从一个城市游荡到另一个城市,从高雅的宫廷徘徊到肮脏的后街,直到1321年,他死于拉文纳(意大利东北部港市)。 在流