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1、WallaceStevens(1879-1955)华莱士·史蒂文斯ThehouseofWallaceStevensWallaceStevensmonumentLifeandcareerWallaceStevens(October2,1879–August2,1955)wasanAmericanModernistpoet.HewasborninReading,Pennsylvania,educatedatHarvardandthenNewYorkLawSchool,andhespentmostofhislifeworkingasanexecu
2、tiveforaninsurancecompanyinHartford,Connecticut.Thesonofaprosperouslawyer,StevensattendedHarvardasanon-degreespecialstudent,afterwhichhemovedtoNewYorkCityandbrieflyworkedasajournalist.HethenattendedNewYorkLawSchool,graduatingin1903.AfterhegraduatingfromNewYorklawschoolhewa
3、sadmittedtotheNewYorkbarin1904,theyearhemetElsieRachel,ayoungwomanfromReading,whomhemarriedin1909.Theyhadadaughter,Holly,whowasbornin1924andlatereditedherfather'slettersandacollectionofhispoems.AfterworkingforseveralNewYorklawfirmsfrom1904to1907,hewashiredonJanuary13,1908,
4、asalawyerfortheAmericanBondingCompany.By1914hehadbecomethevice-presidentoftheNewYorkofficeoftheEquitableSuretyCompanyofSt.Louis,Missouri.LifeandcareerHereceivedtheNationalBookAwardin1951and1955.(美)国家图书奖WonthePulitzerPrizeforPoetryin1955.(普利策奖)FirstbookofpoetryentitledHarmo
5、nium,1923.Twomoremajorbooksofpoetryduringthe1920sand1930sandthreemoreinthe1940s.CollectedPoemsin1955,forwhichhewonthePulitzerPrizeforPoetry.WorksStevens'sfirstpublishedworkHarmoniumappearedin1914inPoetrymagazine.Harmonium(1923)washisfirstcollectionofverse.Itcontainssomeofh
6、isbestknownpoems,LeMonocledeMonUncle《我叔叔的单片眼镜》TheEmperorofIceCream《冰激凌皇帝》IncludingSundayMorning《星期日早晨》AnecdoteoftheJar《坛子轶闻》TheNecessaryAngel《必要地天使》Laterworksofpoetryincluded:IdeasofOrder《秩序的思考》(1935),TheManwiththeBlueGuitar《拿蓝色吉它的人》(1937),NotesTowardaSupremeFiction《超小说笔记》
7、(1942),(whichisoftenconsideredhismasterpiece)TheAurorasofAutumn《秋日晨曦》(1950).LiterarystyleHebelievesthatthepoetshouldfindbeautifulness,joy,,fun,stimulationandmeaningsinthedirtyrealitiesofthesocity.Sohecommittedtostudytheinherentrelationshipbetweenrealityandart;Thepoet‘sme
8、ditationonnature:headvocatedtheacceptanceofthenaturalrealityoflife,againsttheWorldofUltim