J.B.（ISBN=） 英文原版

　　The beloved poet-statesman’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play which
offers something for every reader. Based on the story of Job, this
drama in verse tells the story of a twentieth-century American
banker and millionaire whom God commands be stripped of his family
and wealth, but who refuses to turn his back on God. J. B. won the
Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1959 and the Tony Award for best play.
More important, the play sparked a national conversation about the
nature of God, the meaning of hope, and the role of the artist in
society.

　　Archibald MacLeish was born in Glencoe, Illinois in 1892. He
attended Yale University and served in World War I. Later, he went
to Harvard Law School and practiced law in Boston for a few years
until he gave it up and moved to Paris with his wife and children
to devote all his time to writing poetry. He returned to the United
States to research the Spanish conquest of Mexico, and the result,
CONQUISTADOR (1932), won him a Pulitzer Prize. From 1920-1939, he
was a member of the editorial board of FORTUNE magazine and he
served as Librarian of Congress from 1929 to 1944. MacLeish’s
COLLECTED POEMS (1952) won a Pulitzer Prize and his poetic drama,
J.B. based on the Book of Job, was a Broadway success in 1957.