美國(guó)文學(xué)選讀二十世紀(jì)美國(guó)詩(shī)人

Ezra

Pound1885.10.30–

1972.11.1an

expatriate

American

poet

and

critica

major

figure

of

the

early

modernistmovementContribution:

the

development

ofImagismBest-known

works

:Ripostes

(1912),Hugh

Selwyn

Mauberley(1920)The

Cantos

(1917–1969).ImagismA

movement

in

early

20th-century

Anglo-Americanpoetry

that

favored

precision

of

imagery

and

clear,

shlanguage.It

has

been

described

as

the

most

influential

movemenin

English

poetry

since

the

activity

of

the

Pre-RaphaeRepresentatives: Ezra

PoundT.E.

HulmeF.S

FlintIn

a

Station

of

the

MetroAutumnThe

SwanWilliam

Carlos

WilliamsThe

Red

WheelbarrowIn

a

Station

of

the

MetroThe

apparition

of

these

faces

in

the

crowd;Petals

on

a

wet,

black

bough.在地鐵站人群中，這些面孔的鬼影；潮濕的黑樹枝上的花瓣。（余光中）Wallace

Stevens1879.10.2

–

1955.8.2American

Modernist

poetwon

the

Pulitzer

Prize

for

Poetry

forhis

Collected

Poems

in

1955Best-known

works:Anecdote

of

the

JarThe

Emperor

of

Ice-CreamSunday

MorningAnecdote

of

the

JarI

placed

a

jar

in

Tennessee,

And

round

it

was,

upon

a

hill.It

made

the

slovenly

wildernessSurround

that

hill.The

wilderness

rose

up

to

it,The

jar

was

round

upon

the

groundAnd

tall

and

of

a

port

in

air.It

took

dominion

every

where.The

jar

was

gray

and

bare.我把一只圓形的壇子放在田納西的山頂。凌亂的荒野圍向山峰.荒野向壇子涌起，And

sprawled

around,no

longer

wild.匍匐在四周，不再荒涼。圓圓的壇子置在地上，高高地立于空中。它君臨四界It

did

not

give

of

bird

or

bush,這只灰色無(wú)釉的壇子Like

nothing

else

in

Tennessee.它不曾產(chǎn)生鳥雀或樹叢，與田納西別的事物都不一樣。Langston

HughesAmerican

poet,

social

activist,novelist,

playwright,

and

columnistone

of

the

earliest

innovators

of

thethen-new

literary

art

form

called

jazzpoetrya

leader

of

the

Harlem

RenaissanceBest-known

works:The

Negro

Speaks

of

RiversThe

Weary

BluesFine

Clothes

to

the

Jewdemonstrates

jazz-like

rhythm

or

the

feel

of

improviThe

significance

of

the

simultaneous

evolution

of

poand

jazz

during

the

1920s

was

apparent

to

many

poets

ofthe

era,

resulting

in

the

merging

of

the

two

art

formsjazz

poetry.Jazz

poetry

has

long

been

something

of

an

"outsider"form

that

exists

somewhere

outside

the

mainstream,

habeen

conceived

in

the

1920s

by

African-Americans,maintained

in

the

1950s

by

counterculture

poets

like

tof

the

Beat

generation,

and

adapted

in

modern

times

inhip-hop

music

and

live

poetry

events

known

as

poetry

sJazz

poetryThe

Harlem

RenaissanceThe

Harlem

Renaissance

was

a

cultural

movement

thatspanned

the

1920s.

At

the

time,

it

was

known

as

the

"NewNegro

Movement",

named

after

the

1925

anthology

by

AlaLocke.

The

Movement

also

included

the

new

African-American

cultural

expressions

across

the

urban

areas

iNortheast

and

Midwest

United

States

affected

by

the

GreMigration

(African

American),

of

which

Harlem

was

thelargest.

Though

it

was

centered

in

the

Harlem

neighborhof

New

York

City,

in

addition,

many

francophone

black

wfrom

African

and

Caribbean

colonies

who

lived

in

Parisalso

influenced

by

the

Harlem

Renaissance.Hold

fast

to

dreamsFor

if

dreams

dieThat

cannot

fly.Hold

fast

to

dreamsFor

when

dreams

goLife

is

a

barren

fieldFrozen

with

snow.緊緊抓住夢(mèng)想夢(mèng)想若是消亡Life

is

a

broken

winged

b生i命rd就像鳥兒折了翅膀再也不能飛翔緊緊抓住夢(mèng)想夢(mèng)想若是消喪生命就像貧瘠的荒野雪覆冰封，萬(wàn)物不再生長(zhǎng)My

old

mule,He’s

got

a

grin

on

his

face.He’s

been

a

mule

so

longHe’s

forgot

about

his

race.I’m

like

that

old

mule—Black—and

don’t

give

a

damn!You

got

to

take

meLike

I

am.Me

and

M