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托尔金遗作《贝伦与露西恩》在百年后出版
JRR Tolkien book Beren and Lúthien published after 100 years
导读
BBC 报道托尔金《贝伦与露西恩》在构思百年后出版,HN 讨论转向三个写作层面的问题:作者生前不愿发表的作品该不该出、私人情感如何变成故事原型、以及整理遗作时如何诚实标注作者身份。对写作者来说,这是一则关于'私人经验如何转化为叙事'与'作品归属与呈现伦理'的生动案例。
可以直接用的写作要点
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把最私人的情感与真实经历当作故事原型,托尔金正是把对妻子的爱写成了《贝伦与露西恩》的核心。
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托尔金信中那句'我从未叫她露西恩'提醒我们:现实关系与文学形象之间永远有距离,写作正是把错过与遗憾转成叙事。
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对生前未发表的旧稿保持警惕——作者搁置它往往有原因,重读自己的废稿可能正暴露问题所在。
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呈现作品时要如实说明成色:整理笔记与原创作品不是一回事,读者的信任来自诚实标注。
HN 评论精选
生前未发表的作品往往有其原因,读者与出版方都应保持警惕。
我对死后出版的书总是心存警惕:作者生前没发表,总有原因——通常是因为写得不好。另外我试过读《精灵宝钻》,那真是一场苦战。克里斯托弗·托尔金自称'编者',但我不确定他懂不懂这个词的意思。
grabcocque查看英文原文
I’m always wary of posthumously published books. I mean, the author didn’t publish them for a reason. Normally that reason is because they were bad. Also, I tried to read the Silmarillion once. THAT was a struggle. Christopher Tolkien calls himself an “editor” but I’m not sure he understands what the word means.
最私人的爱与遗憾是故事的源头,但现实关系与文学形象之间始终隔着距离。
托尔金在伊迪丝去世后写道:'我从未叫她露西恩——但她正是那个故事的源头,这个故事后来成了《精灵宝钻》的核心部分。它最初构思于约克郡罗斯一片长满毒芹的林间空地……那时她头发乌黑,皮肤清透,眼睛比你见过的更明亮,她会唱歌、会跳舞。但故事已经走偏了,只剩下我,我无法向无情的曼督斯求情。' 遗憾的是,尽管她(至少年轻时)是他的缪斯,现实中他们似乎并未共享他创造的传说:她不是知识分子,也不感兴趣;而他是硬汉型的人,而且虔诚。'我从未叫她露西恩'——多可惜的错过!
Jun8查看英文原文
From a letter Talkien wrote after her death (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Tolkien): "I never called Edith Luthien – but she was the source of the story that in time became the chief part of the Silmarillion. It was first conceived in a small woodland glade filled with hemlocks at Roos in Yorkshire (where I was for a brief time in command of an outpost of the Humber Garrison in 1917, and she was able to live with me for a while). In those days her hair was raven, her skin clear, her eyes brighter than you have seen them, and she could sing – and dance. But the story has gone crooked, & I am left, and I cannot plead before the inexorable Mandos." It's sad that although she was his Muse (at least in the younger days) they did not seem to share any of the lore he created in real life. She was not an intellectual and was not interested, he was a man's man (and also religious). "I never called Edith Luthien". What a missed opportunity!
遗作的呈现应诚实区分原创与整理,否则会误导读者。
作为营销故事这很棒。但我想大家都清楚,这其实不是一本真正的托尔金作品,而是他儿子整理的笔记汇总。用这种不切实际的方式呈现,我不知道是否妥当。
erikb查看英文原文
This is awesome as a marketing story. But I think everybody is aware that this is not really a Tolkien book but a summary of his notes written down by his son. I don't know if it's good to really present this in such an unrealistic way.
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