The Essential Victor Hugo

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1、’THEESSENTIALVICTORHUGOVHwasborninBesançonin,theyoungestofthreesonsofanofficer(eventuallyageneral),whotookhisfamilywithhimfrompostingtoposting,asfarasItalyandSpain.Victor’sprolificliterarycareerbeganwithpublicationofpoems(),anovel(

2、),andadrama,Cromwell(),theprefaceofwhichremainsamajormanifestoofFrenchRomanticism.TheriotoccasionedatthefirstperformanceofhisdramaHernani()establishedhimasaleadingfigureamongtheRomantics,andNotre-Dame()addedtohisprestigeathomeandabroad.FavouredbyLoui

3、s-Philippe(–),hechoseexileratherthanliveunderNapoleonIII.InexileinBrussels(),Jersey(),andGuernsey()hepublishedsomeofhisfinestworks,notablythesatiricalpoemsLesChâtiments(),thelyricalpoemsLesContemplations(),thefirstseriesofepicpoemsLaLégende

4、dessiècles(),andthelengthynovelLesMisérables().OnlywithNapoleonIII’sdefeatandreplacementbytheThirdRepublicdidHugoreturn,tobeelecteddeputy,andlatersenator.Hisoppositiontotyrannyandcontinuingimmenseliteraryoutputestablishedhimasanationalhero.Whenhediedin

5、hewashonouredbyintermentinthePanthéon.E.H.BandA.M.Barefreelancewritersandtranslators.TheirpreviousHugotranslationshaveappearedinSixFrenchPoetsoftheNineteenthCentury(OxfordWorld’sClassics),SelectedPoemsofVictorHugo(winneroftheAmericanLiteraryTransla

6、tors’AssociationPrizeandtheModernLanguageAssociationScaglionePrizeforLiteraryTranslation),TheMajorEpicsofVictorHugo,andContemplations,Lyrics,andDramaticMonologuesbyVictorHugo.TheyarecurrentlypreparingabilingualeditionofthepoemsofStéphaneMallarméforOxfordWorld’sCla

7、ssics.’ForoveryearsOxfordWorld’sClassicshavebroughtreadersclosertotheworld’sgreatliterature.Nowwithovertitles––fromthe,-year-oldmythsofMesopotamiatothetwentiethcentury’sgreatestnovels––theseriesmakesavailablelesser-knownaswellascelebr

8、atedwriting.Thepocket-sizedhardbacksoftheearlyyearscontainedintroductionsbyVirginiaWoolf,T.S.Eliot,GrahamGreene,andotherliteraryfigureswhichenrichedtheex