美国文学欣赏To_a_Waterfowl课件.ppt

美国文学欣赏To_a_Waterfowl课件.ppt

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1、ToaWaterfowl致水鸟byWilliamCullenBryantYouthandEducationBryantwasbornonNovember3,1794,HewasthesecondsonofPeterBryant,adoctorandlaterastatelegislator,andSarahSnell.HismaternalancestrytracesbacktopassengersontheMayflower;hisfather's,tocolonistswhoarrivedabout

2、adozenyearslater.Bryantandhisfamilymovedtoanewhomewhenhewastwoyearsold.TheWilliamCullenBryantHomestead,hisboyhoodhome,isnowamuseum.AfterjusttwoyearsatWilliamsCollege,hestudiedlawinWorthingtonandBridgewaterinMassachusetts,andhewasadmittedtothebarin1815.He

3、thenbeganpracticinglawinnearbyPlainfield,walkingthesevenmilesfromCummingtoneveryday.Ononeofthesewalks,inDecember1815,henoticedasinglebirdflyingonthehorizon;thesightmovedhimenoughtowrite"ToaWaterfowl".Bryantdevelopedaninterestinpoetryearlyinlife.Underhisf

4、ather'stutelage,heemulatedAlexanderPopeandotherNeo-ClassicBritishpoets.“TheEmbargo”,asavageattackonPresidentThomasJeffersonpublishedin1808,reflectedDr.Bryant'sFederalistpoliticalviews.Thefirsteditionquicklysoldout—partlybecauseofthepublicityearnedbythepo

5、et'syoungage—andasecond,expandededition,whichincludedBryant'stranslationofClassicalverse,wasprinted.TheyouthwrotelittlepoetrywhilepreparingtoenterWilliamsCollegeasasophomore,butuponleavingWilliamsafterasingleyearandthenbeginningtoreadlaw,heregeneratedhis

6、passionforpoetrythroughencounterwiththeEnglishpre-Romanticsand,particularly,WilliamWordsworth.CompositionandpublicationhistoryTheinspirationforthepoemoccurredinDecember1815whenBryant,then21,waswalkingfromCummingtontoPlainfieldtolookforaplacetosettleasala

7、wyer.Theduck,flyingacrossthesunset,seemedtoBryantassolitaryasoulashimself,inspiringhimtowritethepoemthatevening."ToaWaterfowl"wasfirstpublishedintheNorthAmericanReviewinVolume6,Issue18,March1818.ItwaslaterpublishedinthecollectionPoemsin1821.Criticalrespo

8、nseMatthewArnoldpraiseditas"thebestshortpoeminthelanguage",andthepoetandcriticRichardWilburhasdescribeditas"America'sfirstflawlesspoem".Mainworks1808TheEmbargo禁运,asatiricalpoeminreactionagainstJefferson’straderestrictions1

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