内容提要 文选的体例分作者、作品简介,选文•注释和讨论题五部分。为了给学生一点所选作品创作时的背景知识,全书分成三个时期,在每一个时期的开头。都有一篇扼要的评介,概述这一时期美国文学发展的一般的情况,同时也简单介绍另外一些重要作家及作品。 目录 PREFACEPART ONE THE AGE OF ROMANTICISM I WASHINGTON IRVING(1783-1859) Rip Van Winkle II RALPH WALDO EMERSON (1803-1882) Nature (VIII Prospects) III NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE (1804-1864) The Scarlet Letter (Chapters 1, 17, and 18) IV WALT WHITMAN (1819-1892) Song of Myself (20, 30, 31, and 4G) I Hear America Singing I Hear It Was Charged Against Me I Saw in Louisiana a Live Oak Growing One's-Self I Sing PART TWO THE AGE OF REALISM V MARK TWAIN (1835-1910) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Chapters 16 and 31) VI HENRY JAMES (1843-1916) The Art of Fiction (Excerpt) VII O. HENRY (1862-1910) The Gift of the Magi The Cop and the Anthem VIII THEODORE DREISER ( 1871- 1945) An American Tragedy (Book Two: Chapter 47)PART THREE MODERN AMERICAN LITERATURE IX ROBERT FROST (1874-1963) Mending Wall The Road Not Taken Fire and Ice Dust of Snow Design Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening X T. S. ELIOT (1888-1965) The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock Tradition and the Individual Talent XI M SINCLAIR LEWIS (1885-1951) Babbitt (Chapters 9 and 25) EUGENE O'NEILL (1888-1953) The Hairy Ape (Scenes 2, 3, and 8) XII F. SCOTT FITZGERALD (1896-1940) The Great Gaty (Chapter 7) XIV WILLIAM FAULKNER (1897-1962)……后记 作者介绍
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