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1、ACRITICALEDITIONOFYEATS'SAVISION(1925)EditedbyGeorgeMillsHarperandWalterKellyHoodContentsPrefaceviiAcknowledgementsixEditorialIntroductionXiYEATS'S'AVISION'(i-xxiii,1-256)NotesAbbreviations85Bibliography87ContentsPrefaceviiAcknowledgmentsixEditorialintroductionxi-1YEATS'SAVISION(i-xxi
2、ii,1-256)Notes1ListofAbbreviations85Bibliography87IndextoAVision93IndextoEditorialIntroductionandNotes101Preface'Privatelyprintedforsubscribersonly'andsighedbytheauthor,AVisionwasfirstissuedbyT.WernerLaurieon15January1926(thoughdated1925)inaneditionof600copies,withbrown-paperwoodcutsa
3、ndparchmenthalf-binding.Becausethisnever-reissuedvolumeisgreatlydifferentfromits1937revision,studentsandscholarswhoseektounderstandthedevelopmentofYeats'smindandartduringamostimportantperiod(1917-25)havelongbeenlacedwithaseriouslacuna.ThepresenteditionreproducesYeats'soriginalworkbyap
4、rocessofphoto-lithography;theonlydifferencesbetweenYeats'soriginaltextandthepresentone,therefore,consistoftheuseoflessexpen-sivepaperandbinding,oftheintroductionoflineation,ofthesubstitutionofordinaryforbrownpaperforthewoodcuts(facingthetitlepageandpagesxvand8),andoftheuseofblackrathe
5、rthanredinkfortheupperconeanditsannotationsinthediagramofthehistoricalcones(p.177).Otherwise,nochangesofanykindhavebeenmadeinYeats'stext,whichretainsitsoriginalpagination.Asrecentscholarshiphasshown,manyofYeats'sprosetextswere'improved'withoutnoteafterhisdeath;whilethepresentformatent
6、ailsendnotesratherthanmoreconvenientfootnotes,italsoallowsabsolutelyaccuratereproductionoftheoriginal—andonly—textofYeats's1925Vision.ThescholarlyapparatusofthiseditionconsistsofanEditorialIntroductiontracingthedevelopmentofthebook(particularly,Yeats'sindebtednesstoMrsYeats'smediumshi
7、pandtohisback-groundinpsychicalresearch),ofendnotes,ofaBibliographyofworkscitedbypage,ofanIndextotheEditorialIntroductionandtoYeats'stextandtheNotes(andincludingapproximatebirth-and-deathdatesforallhistoricalpersonages).AlthoughHarperwasprimarilyresponsiblefortheEditorialIntroductiona
8、ndHoo