亚伦的杖 (1922)

Aaron's Rod

作者: 大卫·赫伯特·劳伦斯
首版: 1922 年
国家/地区: 英国
Open Library: 202 个版本

百科

亚伦的杖（Aaron's Rod）是大卫·赫伯特·劳伦斯的一部流浪汉小说，出版于1922年。

背景

劳伦斯于1918年初开始创作《亚伦的杖》，但在完成前十一章之后就放弃了这部作品。较长的结尾部分则写于1921年。书名源于旧约圣经中的亚伦杖，摩西的哥哥亚伦在旷野建造了金牛犊，供以色列人崇拜。亚伦的杖是他权威的神圣象征，又在亚伦·西森的长笛那里找到了回音。

概要

英格兰中部煤矿的工会官员亚伦·西森，也是一个有天赋的业余长笛手，他的梦想是成为公认的职业音乐家。他陷入了一段陈旧的婚姻。故事一开始，他抛下妻子和两个孩子，决定去意大利旅游。在旅行中，他遇到了作家劳登·莉莉。战后亚伦在伦敦生病时，她帮助照料他恢复健康。恢复健康后，亚伦抵达佛罗伦萨。在这里，在他活跃于知识界和艺术界，争论政治、领导和臣服，并与一位贵族女士有染。小说结束于一场无政府主义者或法西斯爆炸，摧毁了亚伦的乐器。

出版历史

1922年4月，《亚伦的杖》在美国由托马斯·塞尔策首次出版，随后于1922年6月由马丁·塞克出版了英国版。1950年，它由企鹅图书在英国出版。1961年，它在美国出版了维京指南针版，1976年由企鹅图书公司在美国出版。

以上文字摘自维基百科「亚伦的杖 (小说)」（去掉了参考文献等尾部小节），按 CC BY-SA 4.0 使用，作者为维基百科的各位编者。

中文维基百科的条目比较短，下面附上英文维基百科的内容（英文原文）：

Aaron's Rod is a picaresque novel by D. H. Lawrence, started in 1918 and published in 1922.

Background

The title refers to the rod of Aaron in the Old Testament, Moses' brother who built the Golden Calf in the desert for the worship of the Israelites. The rod, his divine symbol of authority and independence, finds its echo in the flute of Aaron Sisson.

Synopsis

Aaron Sisson, a union official in the coal mines of the English Midlands, is trapped in a stale marriage. He is also an amateur, but talented, flautist. At the start of the story he walks out on his wife and two children and decides on impulse to visit Italy. His dream is to become recognised as a professional musician. During his travels he encounters and befriends Rawdon Lilly, a Lawrence-like writer who nurses Aaron back to health when he is taken ill in post-war London. Having recovered his health, Aaron arrives in Florence. Here he moves in intellectual and artistic circles, argues about politics, leadership and submission, and has an affair with an aristocratic lady. The novel ends with an anarchist or fascist explosion that destroys Aaron’s instrument.

People portrayed

According to Richard Aldington's Life for Life's Sake (1941), p. 375 (and also Aldington's Pinorman (1954), pp. 165, 185), the character James Argyle in Aaron's Rod is based on Norman Douglas. Aldington saw the character Lilly as Lawrence himself, and Aaron as John Middleton Murry; the relationship between Lilly and Aaron in the novel mirrors that of Lawrence and Murry. According to Lawrence biographer Frances Wilson, Aldington himself is portrayed in Aaron's Rod: "Aldington is Robert Cunningham, 'a fresh, stoutish young Englishman in khaki.'" Wilson adds that Aldington's wife, the poet H.D., is also portrayed in Aaron's Rod; she is Cunningham's wife Julia, "a tall stag of a thing ... hunched up like a witch". Wilson also writes that Maurice Magnus is "recognizable ... as the mischievously named Little Mee in Aaron's Rod". Another British writer, Reginald Turner, was the model for the character "little Algy Constable" in Aaron's Rod.

以上文字摘自英文维基百科「Aaron's Rod (novel)」（去掉了参考文献等尾部小节），按 CC BY-SA 4.0 使用，作者为维基百科的各位编者。