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1、CarlSandburg(1878-1967)CarlSandburgpoet,historian,novelistknownforhispoetry“thesingingbard”acentralfigureinthe“ChicagoRenaissance”thesuccessorofWaltWhitman“indubitablyanAmericanineverypulse-beat”--H.L.Menckenvirtuallyunknowntotheliteraryworldwhen,in1914,agroupofh
2、ispoemsappearedinthenationallycirculatedPoetrymagazine.indubitablyadv.无疑地,确实地TwoyearslaterhisbookChicagoPoemswaspublished,andthe38-year-oldauthorfoundhimselfonthebrinkofacareerthatwouldbringhiminternationalacclaim.evaluationHeplayedasignificantroleinthedevelopmen
3、tinAmericanpoetrythattookplaceduringthefirsttwodecadesofthe20thcentury.HisemphasisonthetraditionofAmericanexperienceassociatehimwithHartCrane.LifeborninGalesburg,IllinoisthesonofpoorSwedishimmigrantparentseducatedatpublicschoolquitschoolfollowinghisgraduationfrom
4、8thgradewhenhewas13TheCarlSandburgHome,NationalHistoricalSiteislocatedinFlatRockworkedfromthetimehewasayoungboyspentadecadeworkingavarietyofjobs:deliveredmilkharvestedicelaidbricksThreshed(脱粒)wheatinKansasshinedshoes(擦鞋)inGalesburg’sUnionHoteltraveledasahobo([lhə
5、ubəu]无业游民,流浪者)in1897Hesawfirst-handthesharpcontrastbetweenrichandpoor,adichotomy(分裂)thatinstilled(逐渐灌输)inhimadistrustofcapitalism.workedassecretarytotheSocialistmayorofMilwaukeefrom1910to1912consideredasecurityriskbyEdgarHooverF.B.I.keptadossieronhim-------------
6、-------------dossier[ldɔsiei]n.卷宗;档案CarlSandburgandSinclairLewismovedwithhisfamilytoasuburbofChicagoin1913workedasaneditorofabusinessmagazineHisfreeverse,reflectingindustrialAmerica,gainedwidepopularityduringtheDepressionyears,althoughhisuseofeverydaylanguageatfi
7、rstshockedreaders.Inthe1930sSandburgbecameactiveintheSocialistmovement.CarlSandburgElementarySchoolinJoliet,ILFrom1945helivedasafarmerandwriter,breedinggoatsandfolk-singing,inFlatRock,NorthCarolina.CarlSandburghonoredathis75thbirthdayonJanuary6,1953inChicago.Sand
8、burgdiedonJuly22,1967“IfGodhadletmelivefiveyearslongerIshouldhavebeenawriter.”RemembranceRock:finalrestingplaceofCarlSandburgandhiswife,LilianMajorWorksChicago