乍一看书名,颇似一卷中国古诗集,其实这是美国文学批评家兼诗人马尔考姆·考利(Malcolm Cowley,一八九八——)的杰作;该书的副标题是《四十年代以来的美国当代文学纪事》,书中所评各书均为近四十年来的名作.但是作者往往从本世纪二十年代前后的文坛风云,追述各名家的根源.因为二十年代正是摧垮前一世纪遗留下来的所谓上流社会文学传统和其虚伪结构的转折点.这不是个孤 At first glance, the title of the book is similar to a volume of Chinese ancient poetry, which is actually a masterpiece by American literary critic and poet Malcolm Cowley (1898-); the book’s subtitle is “ The book of American contemporary literature Chronicle, ”the book reviews are nearly 40 years of masterpieces, but the author often from the twenties of this century literary world, recalled the origin of the famous .Because the 1920s are positive It is not a turning point to destroy the so-called upper-class literary tradition left over from the previous century and its hypocrisy