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1、StoweandO.HenryHarrietBeecherStowe(1811-1896)Americanwriterandphilanthropist,theauthorofthenovelUncleTom'sCabin,whichcontributedsomuchtopopularfeelingagainstslaverythatitiscitedamongthecausesoftheAmericanCivilWar.UncleTom’sCabinSerializedin1851and1852inNationalEraIssuedasab
2、ookin1852,sold500,000within5yearsTranslatedintomorethan20languagesCrystallizemilitantantislaverysentimentintheNorthPrecipitatedtheAmericanCivilWar(1861-1865)林纾(琴南)1852-1924“余与魏君同译是书,非巧于叙悲以博阅者无端之眼泪,特为奴之势逼及吾种,不能不为大众一号……今当变政之始,而吾书适成……吾书虽俚浅,亦足为振作志气,爱国保种之一助也。”《黑奴吁天录》(1901)TheUncl
3、eTomofUncleTom’sCabinisadevoutChristianslave,ownedbythekindlyShelbyfamily.WhenfinancialdifficultiesmakeitnecessaryfortheShelbystoselltheirslaves,TomispurchasedbyadealerandtakentoNewOrleans.OnthewaytherehesavesthelifeofEva,thedaughterofthewealthySt.Clairfamily,andingratitudeS
4、t.Clairpurchaseshim.TomnowliveshappilyfortwoyearswiththeangeliclittleEvaandherblackcompanion,Topsy,butwhenEvadiesandSt.Clairiskilledinanaccident,Tomissoldagain.ThistimeheissoldtothecruelandvillainousSimonLegree,who,whenTomrefusestodivulgethehidingplaceoftworunawayslaves,flog
5、shimtodeath.AsTomisdying,GeorgeShelby,sonofhisoldmaster,arrivesandvowstodevotehimselftothecauseofabolition."ElizacomestotellUncleTomthatheissoldandthatsheisrunningawaytosaveherchild."UncleTom’sCabinRamblinginstructure,butrichinpathosanddramaticincident.Bestexampleof“sentimen
6、tal”fictionthatenjoyedpopularityintheUnitedStatesduringthe1800s.Sentimentalwritersfocusedondomesticscenes,andtheirworkevokedstrongemotions.LikeStowe,manyoftheseauthorsweresocialreformists,buttheywerecriticizedforcreatingoverlyidealizedcharacters.“Thelittleladywhowrotethebook
7、thatmadethisbigwar”O.Henry(WilliamSydneyPorter)1862-1910Americanshort-storywriterwhosetalesromanticizedthecommonplace—inparticularthelifeofordinarypeopleinNewYorkCity.WorksCabbagesandKings(1904)TheFourMillion(1906)HeartoftheWest(1907)Whirligigs(1910)StrictlyBusiness(1910)“T
8、heFurnishedRoom”“TheCopandtheAnthem”“TheGiftoftheMagi”“CrossPattern”and“the