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She de H. Rider Haggard

She

Autor H. Rider Haggard Ilustrat de Murat Ukray
en Limba Engleză Paperback
In giving to the world the record of what, looked at as an adventure only, is I suppose one of the most wonderful and mysterious experiences ever undergone by mortal men, I feel it incumbent on me to explain what my exact connection with it is. And so I may as well say at once that I am not the narrator but only the editor of this extraordinary history, and then go on to tell how it found its way into my hands. Some years ago I, the editor, was stopping with a friend, "vir doctissimus et amicus neus," at a certain University, which for the purposes of this history we will call Cambridge, and was one day much struck with the appearance of two persons whom I saw going arm-in-arm down the street. One of these gentlemen was I think, without exception, the handsomest young fellow I have ever seen. He was very tall, very broad, and had a look of power and a grace of bearing that seemed as native to him as it is to a wild stag. In addition his face was almost without flaw-a good face as well as a beautiful one, and when he lifted his hat, which he did just then to a passing lady, I saw that his head was covered with little golden curls growing close to the scalp. "Good gracious " I said to my friend, with whom I was walking, "why, that fellow looks like a statue of Apollo come to life. What a splendid man he is " "Yes," he answered, "he is the handsomest man in the University, and one of the nicest too. They call him 'the Greek god'; but look at the other one, he's Vincey's (that's the god's name) guardian, and supposed to be full of every kind of information. They call him 'Charon.'" I looked, and found the older man quite as interesting in his way as the glorified specimen of humanity at his side. He appeared to be about forty years of age, and was I think as ugly as his companion was handsome. To begin with, he was shortish, rather bow-legged, very deep chested, and with unusually long arms. He had dark hair and small eyes, and the hair grew right down on his forehead, and his whiskers grew right up to his hair, so that there was uncommonly little of his countenance to be seen. Altogether he reminded me forcibly of a gorilla, and yet there was something very pleasing and genial about the man's eye. I remember saying that I should like to know him.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781502410832
ISBN-10: 1502410834
Pagini: 390
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.49 kg
Editura: CREATESPACE

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'My empire is of the imagination.' These are the words of Ayesha, the mysterious white queen of a Central African tribe, whose dread title, 'She-who-must-be-obeyed', testifies to her undying beauty and magical powers; but they serve equally well to describe the hold of her author, Henry Rider Haggard, on generations of readers. Writing 'at white heat', and in the flush of success after the publication of King Solomon's Mines, Haggard drew again on his knowledge of Africa and of ancient legends, but also on something deeper and more disturbing. To the Englishmen who journey through shipwreck, fever, and cannibals to her hidden realm, 'She' is the goal of a quest bequeathed to them two thousand years before; to Haggard's readers, 'She' is the embodiment of one of the most potent and ambivalent figures of Western mythology, a female who is both monstrous and desirable - and, without question, deadlier than the male. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Notă biografică

H. Rider Haggard was an English novelist, colonial administrator, agricultural reformer, and one of the central figures in the development of modern adventure fiction. He was born Henry Rider Haggard in Norfolk, England, in 1856, and spent part of his young adulthood in southern Africa, where he worked in the colonial service. That experience gave him material, settings, and political assumptions that shaped much of his fiction, especially his stories of exploration, empire, ancient kingdoms, hidden peoples, and dangerous quests.Haggard became famous with King Solomon's Mines, first published in 1885, a novel that introduced Allan Quatermain and helped establish the lost-world adventure as a powerful popular form. Its success was followed by Allan Quatermain, She, Ayesha, Nada the Lily, Montezuma's Daughter, The People of the Mist, and many other novels. His books combined fast-moving action, exotic landscapes, mysterious civilizations, supernatural suggestion, romance, and imperial-era adventure in a style that influenced later pulp fiction, lost-race stories, jungle adventure, fantasy, and cinematic adventure heroes.Allan Quatermain remains Haggard's most enduring male hero: a hunter, guide, observer, and reluctant adventurer whose toughness is often tempered by humility, fatalism, and melancholy. Haggard's work is also historically complicated. His fiction reflects the racial, imperial, and colonial attitudes of its age, yet it often shows more interest in African cultures, oral tradition, leadership, and moral courage than many adventure novels of the same period. That tension is part of why his books remain important artifacts of Victorian popular literature.Beyond fiction, Haggard wrote on agriculture, rural life, and land policy, subjects he took seriously throughout his later career. He was knighted in 1912 and died in 1925. His influence continued long after his death, especially through adventure fiction, fantasy, lost-world stories, and the broad tradition of expeditionary romance. Writers and filmmakers who built stories around ancient secrets, hidden kingdoms, perilous journeys, and larger-than-life explorers worked in territory Haggard helped define.

Recenzii

First published in 1886–87, H. Rider Haggard’s imperial romance follows its English heroes from the quiet rooms of Cambridge to the uncharted interior of Africa in search of a legendary lost city with an ageless white queen. The two men find their way to the ancient city of Kôr, where the beautiful and mysterious Ayesha, “She-who-must-be-obeyed,” rules. Despite her cruelty, both men become fascinated by Ayesha, who leads them on a harrowing journey to bathe in the underground “River of Life.” A thrilling “history of adventure,” She also reveals the complexity of Victorian attitudes towards race, gender, exploration, and empire.
This Broadview edition presents the novel in its original illustrated Graphic magazine version, never before republished, and includes a critical introduction and supporting materials that demonstrate the novel’s relationship to late-Victorian issues such as imperialism, archaeology, race, evolution, and the rise of the “New Woman.”

“The Broadview edition of She represents a benchmark in Rider Haggard studies. Situating She within a broad array of cultural documents on race, gender, empire, and archaeology, Andrew M. Stauffer has created an invaluable resource for contextualizing this fascinating adventure story within the ambulatory scope of the late-Victorian scientific and geographical imaginary. This edition will provide students, scholars, and the general reader alike with a sound foundation for reading (and rereading) Haggard’s classic novel.” — Shawn Malley, Bishop’s University
“Professor Stauffer’s editing is an exemplary case of textual stewardship: great care without imposition. His introduction is not only authoritative and lucid but stylistically engaging, as energetic as the novel itself—an ideal introduction for first-time readers. The appendix topics are exactly what is needed, and the materials included provide an excellent context. The selection of non-fiction pieces by Haggard himself on questions of genre, imperialism, archaeology, and gender roles provides especially valuable insights into the author, the novel, and the times.” — J. Jeffrey Franklin, University of Colorado at Denver

Cuprins

Preface
Introduction
H. Rider Haggard: A Brief Chronology
A Note on the Text
List of Illustrations
She: A History of Adventure
Appendix A: Victorian Critical Reception
  1. Pall Mall Gazette (4 January 1887)
  2. The Literary World (7 January 1887)
  3. Public Opinion (14 January 1887)
  4. The Queen (15 January 1887)
  5. The Academy (15 January 1887)
  6. The Spectator (15 January 1887)
  7. H. Rider Haggard, Spectator (22 January 1887)
  8. Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine (February 1887)
  9. H. Rider Haggard, “About Fiction,” Contemporary Review (February 1887)
  10. From Augustus M. Moore, “Rider Haggard and ‘The New School of Romance,’” Time (May 1887)
Appendix B: Victorian Archaeology: Mummies and Lost Cities
  1. From H.G. Tomkins, The Great Discovery of Royal Mummies at Deir el-Bahari (1882)
  2. “Royal Mummies Recently Unbandaged at the Boulak Museum,” Graphic (31 July 1886)
  3. From E.L.Wilson, “Finding Pharaoh,” Century Magazine (May 1887)
  4. From H. Rider Haggard, “Preface” to A.Wilmot, Monomotapa (Rhodesia), Its Monuments and itsHistory (1896)
  5. From James Bryce, “Out of the Darkness—Zimbabwe,” Impressions of South Africa (1897)
  6. From G. Elliot Smith, “The Mummy of Queen Nsikhonsou,” The Royal Mummies (1912)
  7. From H. Rider Haggard, “Egypt,” The Days of My Life (1926)
Appendix C: Race and Empire
  1. From Robert Knox, The Races of Men (1862)
  2. From James Hunt, On the Negro’s Place in Nature (1863)
  3. From Charles H. Pearson, National Life and Character (1893)
  4. From Benjamin Kidd, Social Evolution (1894)
  5. From C. De Thierry, Imperialism (1898)
Appendix D: The New Woman
  1. From “Beauty is Power,” Essays in Defence of Women (1868)
  2. From John Stuart Mill, The Subjection of Women (1869)
  3. From Olive Schreiner, “Three Dreams in a Desert,” Dreams (1891)
  4. From Sarah Grand, “The New Aspect of the Woman Question,” North American Review (March 1894)
  5. From H. Rider Haggard, “A Man’s View of Woman,” African Review of Mining, Finance, and Commerce (September 1894)
  6. From Hugh E.M. Stutfield, “The Psychology of Feminism,” Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine (January 1897)
Appendix E: Major Revisions for the First English Edition (1887)
Works Cited and Recommended Reading