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1、HiddenWithinTechnology’sEmpire,aRepublicofLetters WhenIwasaboy“discoveringliterature”,IusedtothinkhowwonderfulitwouldbeifeveryotherpersononthestreetwerefamiliarwithProustandJoyceorT.E.LawrenceorPasternakandKafka.LaterIlearnedhowrefractorytohighculturethedemocraticmas
2、seswere.LincolnasayoungfrontiersmanreadPlutarch,ShakespeareandtheBible.ButthenhewasLincoln. LaterwhenIwastravelingintheMidwestbycar,busandtrain,Iregularlyvisitedsmall-townlibrariesandfoundthatreadersinKeokuk,Iowa,orBentonHarbor,Mich.,werecheckingoutProustandJoyceande
3、venSvevoandAndreiBiely.D.H.Lawrencewasalsoafavorite.AndsometimesIrememberedthatGodwaswillingtospareSodomforthesakeof10oftherighteous.NotthatKeokukwasanythinglikewickedSodom,orthatProust’sCharluswouldhavebeentemptedtosettleinBentonHarbor,Mich.Iseemtohavehadapersistent
4、democraticdesiretofindevidencesofhighcultureinthemostunlikelyplaces. FormanydecadesnowIhavebeenafictionwriter,andfromthefirstIwasawarethatminewasaquestionableoccupation.Inthe1930’sanelderlyneighborinChicagotoldmethathewrotefictionforthepulps.“Thepeopleontheblockwonde
5、rwhyIdon’tgotoajob,andI’mseenputteringaround,trimmingthebushesorpaintingafenceinsteadofworkinginafactory.ButI’mawriter.IselltoArgosyandDocSavage,”hesaidwithacertaingloom.“Theywouldn’tcallthatatrade.”ProbablyhenoticedthatIwasabookishboy,likelytosympathizewithhim,andpe
6、rhapshewastryingtowarnmetoavoidbeingunlikeothers.Butitwastoolateforthat. Fromthefirst,too,Ihadbeenwarnedthatthenovelwasatthepointofdeath,thatlikethewalledcityorthecrossbow,itwasathingofthepast.Andnoonelikestobeatoddswithhistory.OswaldSpengler,oneofthemostwidelyreadau
7、thorsoftheearly30’s,taughtthatourtiredoldcivilizationwasverynearlyfinished.Hisadvicetotheyoungwastoavoidliteratureandtheartsandtoembracemechanizationandbecomeengineers. Inrefusingtobeobsolete,youchallengedanddefiedtheevolutionisthistorians.IhadgreatrespectforSpengler
8、inmyyouth,buteventhenIcouldn’taccepthisconclusions,and(withrespectandadmiration)Imentallytoldhimtogetlost. Sixtyyearslater,inarecen
