1935年,叶芝已经72岁高龄,他承受着肺充血的病痛,以超强度的工作狂似的态度,编选《牛津现代诗选》,1936年,又写了超长的序言。这个选本与其说权威,还不如说特殊,当然,权威和特殊都是因为叶芝。他当然是诗歌的权威,或者,更准 In 1935, Yeats was 72 years old. He was suffering from pulmonary congestion. He compiled the “Oxford Modern Poetry Selection” in an ultra-intense workaholic attitude. In 1936, he wrote another long preface. This selection is not so special as the authority, of course, the authority and special are all because of Yeats. Of course he is the authority of poetry, or more accurate