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1、ANTHONYBURGESSACLOCKWORKORANGEIntroductionAnthonyBurgesswasborninManchesterin1917andisagraduateoftheUniversitythere.AftersixyearsintheArmyheworkedasaninstructorfortheCentralAdvisoryCouncilforForcesEducation,asalecturerinPhoneticsandasagrammarschoolmaster.From1954till1960h
2、ewasaneducationofficerintheColonialService,stationedinMalayaandBrunei.Hebecameafull-timewriterin1960,thoughhisfirstnovelhadbeenpublishedfouryearsearlier.Alatestarterintheartoffiction,hehadspenthiscreativeenergypreviouslyonmusic,andhehascomposedmanyfull-scaleworksfororches
3、traandothermedia.AnthonyBurgessmaintainshisoldinterestinmusicandinlinguistics,andthesehaveconditionedthestyleandcontentofthenovelshewrites.Thoughheandhiswifenolongerliveabroad,foreigntravelremainsagreatsourceofinspiration.Hehas,todate,publishedmanynovels,abookonlinguistic
4、s,andvariouscriticalworks.HisotherbooksinPenguinare'InsideMrEnderby','TremorofIntent'and'NothingLiketheSun',astoryofShakespeare'slove-life.INTRODUCTIONAClockworkOrangeResuckedIFIRSTPUBLISHEDthenovellaAClockworkOrangein1962,whichoughttobefarenoughinthepastforittobeerasedfr
5、omtheworld'sliterarymemory.Itrefusestobeerased,however,andforthisthefilmversionofthebookmadebyStanleyKubrickmaybeheldchieflyresponsible.Ishouldmyselfbegladtodisownitforvariousreasons,butthisisnotpermitted.Ireceivemailfromstudentswhotrytowritethesesaboutit,orrequestsfromJa
6、panesedramaturgestoturnitintoasortofNohplay.Itseemslikelytosurvive,whileotherworksofminethatIvaluemorebitethedust.Thisisnotanunusualexperienceforanartist.RachmaninoffusedtogroanbecausehewasknownmainlyforaPreludeinCSharpMinorwhichhewroteasaboy,whiletheworksofhismaturitynev
7、ergotintotheprogrammes.KidscuttheirpianisticteethonaMinuetinGwhichBeethovencomposedonlysothathecoulddetestit.IhavetogoonlivingwithAClockworkOrange,andthismeansIhaveasortofauthorialdutytoit.IhaveaveryspecialdutytoitintheUnitedStates,andIhadbetternowexplainwhatthatdutyis.Le
8、tmeputthesituationbaldly.AClockworkOrangehasneverbeenpublishedentireinAmerica.ThebookIwroteisdiv
