1.Leading advocate for Image
2.Majory works: John Keats约翰济慈传 (研究济慈的经典著作之一) A Dome of Many Glass彩色玻璃大厦 Sword Blades and Poppy Seed剑刃与罂粟花籽 Men, Women and Ghosts男人、女人和幽灵 Pictures of the Floating World浮世图 Legends传奇
Robert Frost
1.4 times (Pulitzer Prize for Poetry) 2. American national poet
3. American unofficial laureate Poet 4.新英格兰诗人
5.首先在英国赢得诗誉 6.旧瓶装新酒
Famous Poems： North of Boston波士顿以北
The Road Not Taken未选择的路 Mending Wall修墙 Fire and Ice火与冰
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening雪夜林畔小驻（most famous） The Gift Outright全心全意的奉献（出席肯尼迪就职典礼时）
Sherwood Anderson
1.Major works: Winesburg, Ohio小镇畸人（the most famous）(half individual tales, half long novel form)(characterized by a casual development, complexity of motivation, and an interest in psychological process.)(an important work of experimental fiction set in a small-town environment.)
Windy McPherson’s Son饶舌的迈克逊的儿子（it is the first work but not
successful）(containing the psychological themes of inner lives of Midwestern villages, the pursuit of success and disillusionment.)(characterized by a casual development, complexity of motivation, and an interest in psychological process)
The Triumph of egg and Other Stories鸡蛋的胜利及其他 Death in the Woods and Other Stories林中之死及其他 A Story-Teller’s Story讲故事人的故事(autobiographical) Marching Men
2.In 1921 Anderson received the first Dial Award for his contribution to American literature. 3.many subsequent writers, such as Hemingway and Faulkner, were influenced by his style. 4.威廉·福克纳指出，Anderson是他们那一代美国作家之父，体现着美国创作的传统。
Wallace Stevence (Amateur)
1.Major works: Anecdote of the Jar 坛子的故事
The Idea of Orders关于秩序的思想
The Man with the Blue Guitar携带蓝色吉他的人 Parts of a World一个世界的某部分 Transport to Summer转入夏季 The Auroras of Autumn秋天的晨曦 Collectef Poems诗集
Opus Posthumous遗作集
The Necessary Angel必不可少的安琪儿（文集）
William Carlos Williams (Amateur) (Against T.S. Eliot)
1.Maijor works: Spring and All春天及一切(make him famous)
The Red Wheelbarrow红色手推车（the most famous） Paterson佩特森（long poem）
In the American Grain 美国性格（散文） Autobiography 自传 Select Essays散文选 2.有“红色手推车诗人”之称
Ezra Pound
1. Principles of Image意象派诗歌三原则
1) Direct treatment of the “thing”, whether subjective or objective; 2) To use absolutely no word that does not contribute to the presentation; 3) As regarding rhythm, to compose in the sequence of the musical phrase, not in
the sequence of a metronome.
2. His motto: “Make it new”
3. Leader of Modernist and Imagist poets 4. “In a Station of the Metro”: classic Imagist poem 5. Wrote in Free Verse: no set rhyme or rhythm pattern.
6. Major works: In the Station of the Metro 在地铁站里 The Cantos诗章 Personae人物 Exultations狂喜
Homage to Sextus Propertius向赛克斯特斯·普罗波蒂斯致敬
Cathay 华夏（所译的中国古诗集）
The Spirit of Romance罗曼司精神（散文） Make It New要革新（散文）
ABC of Reading阅读入门（散文） Guide to Kulchur 文化指南（散文）
Sinclair Lewis
1. The first American writer who won the Nobel Prize.
2.Major works: Babbit巴比特(most famous) Main Street大街
Arrowsmith 阿罗史密斯
It Can’t Happen Here这不可能在这里发生
Eugene O’Neill
1.1936 Nobel Prize in Literature. (唯一获得诺贝尔的剧作家) 2. He won Pulitzer Price for 4 times. 3. He is the founder of serious drama. 4. O’Neill is America’s greatest playwright, the first universally recognized world dramatic American produced. He virtually established the modern American theatre. 5.Maijor woks: Beyond the Horizon天边外（标志美国严肃戏剧的开端）(首次获得普利策奖) Anna Christie安娜·克里斯蒂（再次获得普利策奖）
Ah, Wilderness! 啊，荒野！(唯一一部喜剧) The Emperor Jones琼斯皇 The Hairy Ape 毛猿
Desire Under the Elms榆树下的欲望 The Iceman Cometh卖冰的人来了
Long Day's Journey into Night进入黑夜的漫长旅程（autobiographical play）(被
一些评论家称为美国最好的悲剧)（大量运用象征手法）
T.S. Eliot
1. 20年代以后最有影响的美国诗人 2. “荒原作家”（描绘西方现代“社会荒原”的面貌的作家）的领袖 3. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948.
4.写诗剧惯用的形式：dramatic monologue（戏剧独白） 5.在美国文学评论史上最成功的“文学独裁者”
6.Major works: 诗歌： The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock Gerontion小老头 The Waste Land 荒原（划时代意义）（奠定艾略特在美国诗坛的地位）（标志现代英美诗歌的一场革命）(经过庞德修改后问世) The Hollow Men 空心人
Four Quartets 四重奏（标志艾略特在思想上转向保守） 剧作：Sweeney Agonistes力士斯威尼
Murder in the Cathedral大教堂凶杀案 The Cocktail Party鸡尾酒会 The Confidential Clerk机要秘书 评论文集：The Sacred Wood神木
Essays on Style and Order风格及秩序论文集 Essays Ancient and Modern古今文集 Elizabethan Essays 伊丽莎白论文集
e·e·cummings
1. Word games文字游戏
2. Major works:诗集： Tulips and Chimneys郁金香和烟囱 XLI Poems 诗四十一首 Is 5 是5
No Thanks 不谢
Complete Poems: 1913～1926 全集：1913～1926 剧本： Him 他
Santan Claus 圣诞老人
散文：The Enormous Room 巨大的房间（记录他在俄国的经历）
Langston Hughes
1. Black poet, novelist, playwright in modern America. 2. Outstanding representative of Harlem Renaissance.
3.Harlem Poet Laureate(哈莱姆桂冠诗人)
4. His literary creation paved the way for black realistic literature in America. 5. Major works: Not Without Laughter 不是没有笑声 The Ways of White Folks 白人的行径
The Weary Blues 萎靡的布鲁斯（第一部诗集） （讽刺小品集三部曲：）
Simple Speaks of His Mind 辛普尔倾吐衷情
The Best of Simple 辛普尔的高明
Simple’s Uncle Tom 辛普尔的山姆叔叔 The Big Sea大海（autobiography）
I Wonder as I Wander 我徘徊，我彷徨(autobiography) The Negro Speake of Rivers 黑人谈河（学生时代作品）
John Dos Passos( Major Writer in 30s)
1. Major works: U.S.A—The Forth-Second Parallel 北纬四十二度 1919 The Big Money 赚大钱
John Steinback (Major writer in 30s)
1. He won the Nobel Prize in 1962.
2. Major work: Cup of Gold 金杯（the first novel）
The Winter of our Discontent我们的不满的冬天( the last long novel)
Of Mice and Men 鼠与人
The Grapes of Wrath 愤怒的葡萄（a milestone in American literature） East of Eden 伊甸园以东
Richard Wright
1. Black writer
2. Major works: Uncle Tom’s Children 汤姆叔叔的孩子们
Native Son 土生子（标志美国黑人文学的成熟） Black Boy 黑孩子（autobiography）
Sual Bellow （Jewish literature）
1. He won the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1976.
2. Major works: Dangling Man 摇来晃去的人（his first novel）
The Adeventuras of Augie March 奥吉·玛琪历险记(it secures Bellow’s status in American literature)
Mr. Samler’s Planet 赛穆勒先生的行星 Humbold’s Gift洪堡的礼物
Norman Mailer (Jewish literature) 1. He won the Pulitzer Prize for 2 times. 2. Major works: The Naked and the Dead 裸体与死者（his first novel） The Armies of the Night 夜里的军队( The Pulitzer Prize) The Executioner’s Song 刽子手之歌（The Pulitzer Prize）
Ancient Evenings 古代的黄昏 （他计划中三部曲的第一部） An American Dream 一场美国梦
Advertisement for Myself 我自己的广告
Ralph Ellison
1. Black writer
2.Mastepiece: Invisible Man 看不见的人（被众多评论家与编辑在美国著名评论杂志《每周书评》上推荐为二战以来“最出色的一部作品”）
J.D. Salinger (Jewish literature) 1.Major works: The Young Folks 年轻人
Slight Rebellion off Madison 麦迪逊街边的小乱子（首次出现《麦田里的守望者》中主人公的名字）
The Catcher in the Rye （masterpiece）
Allen Ginsberg (poet)
1. Major works: Howl and Other Poems 嚎叫及其他（奠定他在美国诗坛的重要地位） Kaddish and Other Poems 凯地什及其他 Empty Mirror 空镜子
Realty Sandwiches 现实的三明治 The Fall of America 美国的衰亡 Planet News 行星消息 Mind Breathes 精神呼吸
2. Representative of the Beat Generation.(other two representatives are Jack Kerouac杰克·凯鲁亚克 and William Burroughs 威廉·巴勒斯)
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