舍伍德.安德森是美国重要的小说家,对现代美国小说产生过深远的影响。但是在近几十年安德森几乎淡出美国学界的视野。本文从安德森研究现状的问题出发,从安德森的思想和艺术两个方面,讨论安德森对现代美国文学传统所做的贡献。文章试图探讨形成所谓“安德森从未处于美国文学中 Sherwood Anderson is an important novelist in the United States and has a profound influence on modern American novels. But in recent decades Anderson almost faded out of the field of vision of the American academic. Based on the current status of Anderson’s studies, this article discusses Anderson’s contribution to the modern American literary tradition from the perspective of Anderson’s thought and art. The article attempts to explore the formation of the so-called "Anderson has never been in American literature