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Winesburg Ohio By Sherwood Anderson小城故事 英文原版

内容简介

Publishedin1919,Winesburg,OhioisSherwoodAnderson'smasterpiece,aworkinwhichheachievedthegoaltowhichhebelievedalltruewritersshouldaspire:toseeandfeel"alloflifewithin."Inaperfectlyimaginedworld,anarchetypalsmallAmericantown,herevealsthehiddenpassionsthatturnordinarylivesintounforgettableones.UnifiedbytherecurringpresenceofyoungGeorgeWillard,andplayedoutagainstthebackdropofWinesburg,Anderson'slooselyconnectedchapters,orstories,coalesceintoapowerfulnovel.Insuchtalesas"Hands,"theportrayalofaruralberrypickerstillhauntedbytheaccusationsofhomosexualitythatendedhisteachingcareer,Anderson'svisionisasacutetodayasitwasovereighty-fiveyearsago.Hisintuitiveabilitytohomeinonexamplesoftimeless,humanconflicts—aworkingmandecidingifheshouldmarrythewomanwhoistobearhischild,anunhappyhousewifewhoseekslovefromthetown'sdoctor,anunmarriedhighschoolteachersexuallyattractedtoapupil—makesthisbooknotonlyimmenselyreadablebutalsodeeplymeaningful.AnimportantinfluenceonFaulkner,Hemingway,andotherswhoweredrawntoAnderson'sinnovativeformatandpsychologicalinsights,Winesburg,Ohiodeservesaplaceamongthefrontranksofournation'sfinestliteraryachievements.

作者简介

SherwoodAnderson(1876-1941)spentmostofhisboyhoodinClyde,Ohio,themodelforWinesburg,Ohio.Andlikethecentralfigureofthatwork,Andersonleftsmall-townlifebehindafterhismother'sdeath,whenhewasnineteen.AfterservingintheSpanish-AmericanWar,themostlyself-taughtAndersonbecamesuccessfuladvertisingcopywriterinChicago.Thenin1912,tornbetweenhisresponsibilitiesandhisdrivetocreate,hehadabreakdownthathasbecomelegendary.Havingbecometheownerofasmallfactory,AndersonabruptlywalkedfromhisofficeandwanderedaboutforfourdaysinatrancelikestatebeforeendingupinanOhiohospital.Realizinghemustdevotehislifetowriting,hefinallybrokewithhiswifeandfamilyandjoinedCarlSandburgandTheodoreDreiser,whowereatthecoreofChicago'sliterarygroup.By1925,AndersonhaddemonstratedsuchtalentthatH.L.Menckencalledhim"America'smostdistinguishednovelist."AmentorofWilliamFaulknerandThomasWolfe,Andersonwasknownforhiscolloquialstyleandhisexplorationofgenderandsexualityinrelationships.HisworksoffictionincludeWindyMcPherson'sSon(1916);PoorWhite(1920);TheTriumphoftheEgg(1921),ashort-storycollection;andDarkLaughter(1925).Alsoimportantarehisautobiographicalworks:AStoryTeller'sStory(1924),Tar:AMidwestChildhood(1926),andSherwoodAnderson'sMemoirs(1942).Hediedofperitonitisonatripabroadwhenabrokentoothpickperforatedhisintestines.

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