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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
