<正> For the non-specialist, one of the predica-ments in approaching a literary figure of worldstature is the assumed certainty that everythingabout him or her that could possibly be said hasalready been said, and that any addition to thebulk of stu
<正> 1988年1月是英国作家托马斯·哈代(Thomas Hardy,1840—1928)逝世60周年纪念,他的第一部悲剧小说《归来》(The Returnof the Native)的问世正好距今也整整110年了。这部小说从1878年初次发表到1912年最后定稿,经历了四次复杂的修改过程。小说创作的最初目的是为了杂志连续刊登,还来不及考虑到以全书的形式出版。它不同于《苔丝》(Tess of the D’urbervilles)和《裘德》(Judethe Obscure)之首先成书,然后经