内容简介
PART Ⅰ English Essays and Essayists
Chapter 1 弗朗西斯·培根(1561-1626)
Text A Of Studies
Text B Of Marriage and Single Life
Chapter 2 乔纳森·斯威夫特(1667-1745)
Text A A Modest Proposal
Text B The Spider and the Bee
Chapter 3 约瑟夫·艾迪生(1672-1719)&理查德·斯梯尔(1672-1729)
Text A The Spectator's Account of Himself
Text B The Spectator Club
Chapter 4 萨缪尔·约翰逊(1709-1784)
Text A A Letter to Lord Chesterfield
Text B On Idleness
Chapter 5 查尔斯·兰姆(1775-1834)
Text A Dream-Children
Text B New Year's Eve
Chapter 6 威廉·哈兹里特(1778-1830)
Text A On Familiar Style(Excerpt)
Text B On Going A Journey(Excerpt)
Chapter 7 托马斯·德·昆西(1785-1859)
Text A On the Knocking at the Gate in Macbeth
Text B A Happy Home
Chapter 8 伯特兰·罗素(1872-1970)
Text A What I Have Lived For
Text B On Human Nature and Politics
Chapter 9 爱德华·摩根·福斯特(1879-1970)
Text A My Wood
Text B People
Chapter 10 弗吉尼亚·伍尔芙(1882-1941)
Text A Street Haunting:A London Adventure(Excerpt)
Text B A Room of One's Own(Excerpt)
Chapter 11 D.H.劳伦斯(1885-1930)
Text A Whistling of Birds
Text B Give Her a Pattern
Chapter 12 乔治·奥威尔(1903-1950)
Text A Some Thoughts on the Common Toad
Text B Reflections on Gandhi
PART Ⅱ American Essays and Essayists
Chapter 13 本杰明·富兰克林(1706-1790)
Text A The Way to Wealth
Text B The Art of Procuring Pleasant Dreams
Chapter 14 华盛顿·欧文(1783-1859)
Text A Old Christmas
Text B Westminster Abbey
Chapter 15 拉尔夫·瓦尔多·爱默生(1803-1882)
Text A Nature
Text B Beauty
Chapter 16 亨利·大卫·梭罗(1817-1862)
Text A Economy(Excerpt)
Text B Solitude
Chapter 17 亨利·路易斯·门肯(1880-1956)
Text A The Penalty of Death
Text B The Libido for the Ugly
Chapter 18 埃尔文·布鲁克斯·怀特(1899-1985)
Text A Once More to the Lake
Text B Farewell,My Lovely!