(一)我们且从周作人评介清代学者刘继庄《广阳杂记》里的一段话说起:卷三云:“偶与紫庭论诗,诵魏武《观沧海》诗,……紫庭曰,只平平写景,而横绝宇宙之胸襟眼界,百世之下,犹将见之……”这一节话我们刚好拿来作杂记的总评,紫庭所说横绝宇宙之胸襟眼界正是刘继庄所自有的……[1]可不可以说,这也是周作人及其同代人所“自有”的呢?——大概可以吧。当然,这种自发的、不知不觉中发生的反叛,在根本上说,仍是在传统文化结构内部的一种调整、“别择”,其胸襟、眼光都没有超出传统文化的框架,知识结构也不可能发生实质性的变化,其主要价值在“否定”、“怀疑“,而非肯定,如梁启超所说,只能产生“破坏性”的文化性格。这不仅因为“建设盖有所未遑”,而且暂时还没有找到足以取代者。因此,这一代人一直要到真正接触到了与传统文化异质的、另一种体系的西方文化,进入“世界文化”的新系统,他们的反叛性的文化性格才可...
从此以后他觉悟了,他重生了,他浪子回头他立地成佛了。他的生命多了一种意义......他要把有限的时间和生命投入到无限的跟我抬杠中去。不是冤家不聚头,我们之间的冤仇,从开学第一天算是结上了。最佳辩手最开始并不是最佳辩手,正相反,她小时候是那种别人说一句“我不跟你玩了”就哭得眼睛不是眼睛鼻子不是鼻子的人。但后来怎么就基因突变,兴风作浪了呢?这是有历史渊源的:1.她的家从成都搬到了重庆。2.她由小豆芽菜长成了胖冬瓜。3.她进了管理专业。其实第三条是最根本的。最佳辩手自从得知自己没有考上医学专业,被调剂到了一个什么什么管理专业,痛哭三天以后决定洗心革面重新做人,誓要把自己的口才锻炼到”山外青山楼外楼”。所谓”干一行爱一行”,最佳辩手这种敬业的精神在神州大地上打着灯笼都找不到,更不用说她高风亮节到学生时代就对专业死心塌地,大家快崇拜我吧!...
A MILLIONAIRE OF ROUGH-AND-READYA MILLIONAIRE OFROUGH-AND-READYby BRET HARTE1- Page 2-A MILLIONAIRE OF ROUGH-AND-READYPROLOGUEThere was no mistake this time: he had struck gold at last!It had lain there before him a moment agoa misshapen piece ofbrown-stained quartz, interspersed with dull yellow metal; yielding...
Erewhon Revisitedby Samuel ButlerErewhon Revisited Twenty Years Later Both by the OriginalDiscoverer of the Country and by his Son.I forget when, but not very long after I had published "Erewhon" in1872, it occurred to me to ask myself what course events in Erewhonwould probably take after Mr. Higgs, as I suppose I may now callhim, had made his escape in the balloon with Arowhena. Given apeople in the conditions supposed to exist in Erewhon, and giventhe apparently miraculous ascent of a remar
TWICE-TOLD TALESTHE GREAT STONE FACEby Nathaniel HawthorneONE AFTERNOON, When the sun was going down, a mother and her littleboy sat at the door of their cottage, talking about the Great StoneFace. They had but to lift their eyes, and there it was plainly tobe seen, though miles away, with the sunshine brightening all itsfeatures.And what was the Great Stone Face?Embosomed amongst a family of lofty mountains, there was a valley...
笔者从事美国城市史研究20余年,对乔尔·科特金并不陌生。他是总部设在华盛顿特区的“新美国基金会”欧文高级研究员,全球公认的未来学和城市问题研究权威。曾在纽约城市大学纽曼研究所和南加州建筑学院任教,也是《华盛顿邮报》、《华尔街杂志》、《美国企业界》和《洛杉矶时报》等名牌媒体炙手可热的专栏作家。他学贯古今、视野开阔、建树甚多。其著作往往甫一出版,即成经典书热卖。在其发表的五部著作中,《部族》(Tribes)和《新地理》(New Geography)深受学术界推崇,好评如潮。科特金以其神来之笔,把我们带入一个似曾相识但又别有意境的城市世界:从美索不达米亚、印度河流域和中国的宗教中心,到古典时期的罗马帝国中心,伊斯兰世界城市,欧洲威尼斯等商业城市,再到后来的伦敦、纽约等工业城市,一直到今天以洛杉矶为代表的后工业化城市。他发现,这个城市世界从发轫伊始,就带有某些共同的特征,尽管它们可能远隔重洋...
The Path Of Empire, A Chronicle Of The United States As A World Powerby Carl Russell FishCONTENTSI. THE MONROE DOCTRINEII. CONTROVERSIES WITH GREAT BRITAINIII. ALASKA AND ITS PROBLEMSIV. BLAINE AND PAN-AMERICANISMV. THE UNITED STATES AND THE PACIFICVI. VENEZUELAVII. THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAR WITH SPAINVIII. DEWEY AND MANILA BAYIX. THE BLOCKADE OF CUBAX. THE PREPARATION OF THE ARMYXI. THE CAMPAIGN OF SANTIAGO DE CUBAXII. THE CLOSE OF THE WAR...