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1、LessonNine TextAADillPickleI.AbouttheAuthor:Lesson9–ADillPickleAuthorKatherineMansfield1888–1923,Britishauthor,borninNewZealandHeroriginalnamewasKathleenBeauchamp.Sheisregardedasoneofthemastersoftheshortstory.Atalentedcellist(大提琴演奏家),shedidnotturntoliteratureuntil1908.Tobecontinuedonthenextp
2、age.Lesson9–ADillPickleAuthorTobecontinuedonthenextpage.InaGermanPension(1911),herfirstpublishedbook.Bliss(1920)whichcollectedMansfield'sfamilymemoirsandsecuredherreputationasawriter.TheGardenParty(1922),herfinestworkwrittenduringthefinalstagesofherillnesswhichestablishedherasamajorwriter.La
3、tervolumesofstoriesincludeTheDove’sNest(1923)andSomethingChildish(1924;U.S.ed.TheLittleGirl,1924).Othercollectionsandpoems:journal,letters,andscrapbook(editedbyherhusband).HerWorksFamously,Mansfieldremarked"risk,riskeverything".Itwaslargelythroughheradventurousspirit,hereagernesstograspatexp
4、erienceandtosucceedinherwork,thatshebecameensnaredindisaster...Ifshewasneverasaint,shewascertainlyamartyr,andaheroineinherrecklessness,herdedicationandhercourage.Herlastwordswere:"Ilovetherain.Iwantthefeelingofitonmyface."Lesson9–ADillPickleAuthorHerAdventurousSpiritTobecontinuedonthenextpag
5、e.Lesson9–ADillPickleAuthorHerStyleMansfield'sstories,whichrevealtheinfluenceofChekhov,aresimpleinform,luminousandevocativeinsubstance.Withdelicateplainnesstheypresentelusivemomentsofdecision,defeat,andsmalltriumph.Tobecontinuedonthenextpage.Themes:differenthumanrelationshipsinteractingwithe
6、achother;socialclassesandinequalityinbourgeoissociety;thefrenziedexhortationtolive,whichiscentraltoallherwritings;theoppositionofconventionandnature;theelevationofthegreatartistasthemodelforlivingand,byextension;artasameansofbeing"real";thenotionthatdestinyisafunctionofdesiring—towantsomethi
7、ngstronglyenoughistolegitimisethemeansofgettingit.Inhermostpersuasivework,Mansfieldfoundawayofpressingthethreadsofsuchacredointotheweaveofherfiction.ThestoryoftherisesandfallsinMansfield'spopularityisfasci5nating,asitshiftswiththemajorsocial,politi
