早在生前,伊迪絲·華頓就被譽(yù)為二十世紀(jì)二十年代最偉大的作家之一。然而她被置身于經(jīng)典作家之列卻是二十一世紀(jì)初的事。盡管她一生所獲殊榮無(wú)數(shù),長(zhǎng)期以來(lái)人們對(duì)她在美國(guó)文學(xué)史上的地位莫衷一是。人們認(rèn)為她高貴的家庭出身和一身富足的生活不足以激發(fā)她的社會(huì)良知。人們因她對(duì)紐約上流社會(huì)的精確描寫(xiě)而把她奉為杰出的風(fēng)俗小說(shuō)家,卻忽視了她對(duì)人生本質(zhì)的深入洞見(jiàn)。她的上流社會(huì)題材往往被視為過(guò)于狹窄而無(wú)法拓展作品深度。由于她的婚外情和離婚經(jīng)歷,人們認(rèn)為她的作品有不顧道德之嫌。她的第一位傳記作家珀斯·拉布克(Percy Lubbock)更是把她描寫(xiě)成一個(gè)在理論探索方面一片空白的二流作家。在出現(xiàn)劉易斯(R.W.B.Lewis)等人撰寫(xiě)的更為中肯的傳記之前,這一評(píng)論直接影響人們對(duì)華頓本人及其作品的評(píng)價(jià)。事實(shí)是:為了闡述對(duì)小說(shuō)藝術(shù)的見(jiàn)解,她曾專門撰寫(xiě)《小說(shuō)創(chuàng)作》一書(shū)和許多評(píng)論文章,探討小說(shuō)創(chuàng)作和批評(píng)理論。 本文通過(guò)對(duì)華頓的理論專著《小說(shuō)創(chuàng)作》(The Writing of Fiction,1925),自傳《回眸》(A Backward Glance,1934),以及后人收集的華頓批評(píng)文集(Edith Wharton...

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【文章目錄】：
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I THEORY OF FICTION
    1.1. Selection and Intention
        1.1.1 Selection of Subjects
        1.1.2 Selection of Illuminating Incidents
    1.2 Transmutation and Objectivity
    1.3 Tradition and Originality
CHAPTER II THEORY OF CRITICISM
    2.1 Indispensability of Criticism
    2.2 Function of Criticism
    2.3 Desirable Reading
    2.4 Permanent Values in Fiction
CHAPTER III THEORY IN PRACTICE: A STUDY OF THE HOUSE OF MIRTH
    3.1 What has Edith Wharton Tried to Represent in Mirth?
    3.2 How far has she succeeded?
        3.2.1 Selection and Intention
        3.2.2 Transmutation and Objectivity
        3.2.3 Inheritance and Originality
    3.3 Is the Subject Chosen Worth Representing?
CONCLUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHY



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