本書(shū)由普林斯頓大學(xué)東亞系教授周質(zhì)平編選胡適自1914年到1961年前后的重要英文論文及演講28篇。全書(shū)橫向以主題分類, 可見(jiàn)胡適在這兩方面主要的論點(diǎn)和貢獻(xiàn), 縱向以發(fā)表時(shí)間為序編排, 可見(jiàn)胡適于這兩方面思想發(fā)展的脈絡(luò)。本書(shū)以胡適發(fā)表時(shí)的原文影印本為底本, 經(jīng)仔細(xì)查證和勘誤, 旨在讓中外讀者更加了解胡適向世界介紹中國(guó)文化的傳統(tǒng)及其近現(xiàn)代發(fā)展方面發(fā)揮的作用。
《胡適英文文存?中國(guó)文學(xué)與社會(huì)》收錄胡適英文論文、演講及書(shū)評(píng)共28篇,展現(xiàn)了胡適對(duì)改革文學(xué)和改良社會(huì)的思想。胡適英文文章和講稿,分為《中國(guó)文學(xué)與社會(huì)》、《中國(guó)哲學(xué)與思想史》和《民族危機(jī)與公共外交》三卷,首度向大陸讀者呈現(xiàn)。胡適英文寫(xiě)作、演講能力俱佳,致力于向西方介紹中國(guó)歷史文化,影響深遠(yuǎn)! ∑樟炙诡D大學(xué)東亞系教授周質(zhì)平撰《胡適英文筆下的中國(guó)文化》導(dǎo)讀全書(shū),詳盡剖析胡適的英文創(chuàng)作的背景及特點(diǎn);撰《胡適英文文存成書(shū)經(jīng)過(guò)》,細(xì)述幾十年間多人努力搜集、整理、出版《胡適英文文存》之不易。每篇文前另附中文摘要,以便讀者研讀。
胡適(1891—1962),安徽績(jī)溪人,F(xiàn)代著名學(xué)者、詩(shī)人、歷史家、文學(xué)家、哲學(xué)家、思想家。因提倡文學(xué)革命而成為新文化運(yùn)動(dòng)的領(lǐng)袖之一。興趣廣泛,著述宏富,在文學(xué)、哲學(xué)、史學(xué)等諸多領(lǐng)域都有開(kāi)創(chuàng)性的貢獻(xiàn);英文寫(xiě)作、演講能力俱佳,致力于向西方介紹中國(guó)歷史文化,影響深遠(yuǎn)。歷任北京大學(xué)文學(xué)院院長(zhǎng)、中國(guó)駐美國(guó)大使、“中央研究院”院長(zhǎng)等職。
Literature
A Literary Revolution in China
The Literary Revolution in China
The Social Message in Chinese Poetry
A Chinese Declaration of the Rights of Women
The Greatest Event in Life, A Farce in One Act
The Literary Renaissance
Introduction to Monkey
The Chinese Novel
Society
Marriage Customs in China
Introduction to The Story of the Chinese Eastern Railway
Which Road Are We Going?
Essay in Living Philosophies
Woman’s Place in Chinese History
Literature
A Literary Revolution in China
The Literary Revolution in China
The Social Message in Chinese Poetry
A Chinese Declaration of the Rights of Women
The Greatest Event in Life, A Farce in One Act
The Literary Renaissance
Introduction to Monkey
The Chinese Novel
Society
Marriage Customs in China
Introduction to The Story of the Chinese Eastern Railway
Which Road Are We Going?
Essay in Living Philosophies
Woman’s Place in Chinese History
The Tz’u-T’ung: A New Dictionary of Classical Polysyllabic Wordsand Phrases
An Optimist in the Sea of Pessimism
An Optimist Looks at China
Essay in I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Certain EminentMen and Women of Our Time
Intellectual Preparedness
The Place of the Alumni Organization in the History ofUniversities
A Historian Looks at Chinese Painting
The Chinese Art Society
“Foreword” to How to Cook and Eat in Chinese
Chang Poling: A Biographical Tribute
Ten-Year Plan for China’s Academic Independence
My Early Association with the Gest Oriental Library
The Gest Oriental Library at Princeton University
Rabindranath Tagore in China