黄金时代_The_Golden_Age

作者：Kenneth Grahame

播音：Erin Hastings

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TheGoldenAgeisacollectionofreminiscencesofchildhood,writtenbyKennethGrahameandoriginallypublishedinbookformin1895,inLondonbyTheBodleyHead,andinChicagobyStone&Kimball.(ThePrologueandsixofthestorieshadpreviouslyappearedintheNationalObserver,thejournaltheneditedbyWilliamErnestHenley.)Widelypraiseduponitsfirstappearance—AlgernonCharlesSwinburne,writingintheDailyChronicle,calledit"oneofthefewbookswhicharewell-nightoopraiseworthyforpraise"—thebookhascometoberegardedasaclassicinitsgenre.Typicalofhiscultureandhisera,GrahamecastshisreminiscencesinimageryandmetaphorrootedinthecultureofAncientGreece;tothechildrenwhoseimpressionsarerecordedinthebook,theadultsintheirlivesare"Olympians,"whilethechaptertitled"TheArgonauts"referstoPerseus,Apollo,Psyche,andsimilarfiguresofGreekmythology.Grahame'sreminiscences,inTheGoldenAgeandinthelaterDreamDays(1898),werenotablefortheirconception"ofaworldwherechildrenarelockedinperpetualwarfarewiththeadult'Olympians'whohavewhollyforgottenhowitfeelstobeyoung"—athemelaterexploredbyJ.M.Barrieandotherauthors.