第2章　威廉·布拉德福德和約翰·溫思羅普

2.1　復(fù)習(xí)筆記

I. William Bradford (1590－1657) (威廉·布拉德福德)

(1) William Bradford was the first governor of Plymouth, and his representative work is Of Plymouth Plantation.

(2) Bradford wrote much of that in the midst of the events he describes. The book’s simplicity, earnestness and direct reporting make it readable and moving. In addition, Bradford left a wealth of letters, other prose writings about the colony, and even a narrative poem.

(3) When he died, the New England colonies mourned him, in words written later by Cotton Mather, as “a common blessing and father to them all”.

(1) 威廉·布拉德福德是普利茅斯的第一任總督，代表作品是《普利茅斯種植園》。

(2) 布拉德福德在其中寫(xiě)下了很多自己親身經(jīng)歷的事件。本書(shū)語(yǔ)言簡(jiǎn)潔，情感真摯，平鋪直敘，易讀又感人。此外，他還寫(xiě)了大量的詩(shī)歌、散文和敘事詩(shī)等。

(3) 他去世時(shí)，整個(gè)新英格蘭殖民地都為他哀悼。科頓·馬瑟后來(lái)為他題詞，稱他是“眾人之福，眾人之父”。

II. John Winthrop (1588－1649) (約翰·溫思羅普)

(1) John Winthrop was the first governor of Boston, and his notable work is The History of New England from 1630 to 1649. His work is notable for its candid simplicity and honesty.

(2) Through a direct and vigorous prose style, each book is the most valuable kind of historical source—an account of events by a man who has been a major figure of his time. Both were written, not from literary ambition, but from a sense of the need to record important events in permanent form.

(1) 溫斯羅普是波士頓的第一任總督，代表作是《新英格蘭史》。他的作品坦率、質(zhì)樸、真實(shí)。

(2) 《普利茅斯種植園史》和《新英格蘭史》是非常珍貴的歷史資料，記錄了作者所處時(shí)代的重大歷史事件。作者的寫(xiě)作不是出于創(chuàng)作的興趣，而是出于一種將重大事件永久記錄下來(lái)的需要。