A Sleep and a Forgetting

作者 William Dean Howells著
出版社 Random House
出版时间 2009年8月
ISBN 9780976658382
定价 74.60

内容简介

NowhereintheprodigiousoutputofWilliamDeanHowellsisthereanexamplemorepoignantofhisheart-feltdedicationtotherealistmovementthanthisachinglysuspensfullnovella.Thestorycentersonayoung"alienist"-apsychologist-whomeetsayoungwomanwho,atsubsequentencounters,hasnorecollectionofhim.Thedoctorlaunchesapsychologicalinvestigationthatappearstobebaseduponthemostpainfulmemoriesoftheauthorhimself-Howellshadrecentlyexperiencedthelossofabelovedadultdaughter(fromwhatappearstohavebeenanorexia)andtheinstitutionalizationofanotherfor"emotionalcollapse".Thestory'ssurprisingendingrevealsnotonlytheauthor'sdeftsenseofcraftsmanship,butspeaksmovinglytohisenduringfaithinthesublimepowerofliterature.

作者简介

WilliamDeanHowellswasborninMartinsFerry,Ohioin1837.Thesonofanitinerantnewspapereditor,hebeganprintingandtypesettingworkatanearlyage.In1866hestartedasanassistanteditorforTheAtlanticMonthly,becomingeditorby1871,apositionhehelduntil1881.Hisownliteraryreputationtookoffayearlaterwiththe1882publicationoftherealistnovelAModernInstance.TheRiseofSilasLapham,AnnieKilburn,andAHazardofNewFortunesfollowed.AclosefriendofMarkTwainandHenryJames,healsowrotecriticismandessayssupportingsuchauthorsasTolstoy,IvanTurgenev,StephenCrane,andEmilyDickinson.HewasoneofsevenchosenformembershipintheAmericanAcademyofArtsandLettersin1904,andlaterbecameitspresident.Hediedin1920.,,

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Art of the Novella

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