安布罗斯·比尔斯作为美国19世纪恐怖和灵异小说大师,以其《魔鬼词典》和美妙绝伦的短篇小说闻名于西方国家。一个多世纪以来,西方对其研究细致深入,研究领域宽阔多元,研究成果丰硕具体,可以说已经相当成熟。相对国外,国内对其研究却是零散、滞后和薄弱的,故对其多方位和深层次的研究是非常有必要和迫切的。 Ambrose Beers, the nineteenth-century master of horror and ghost stories in the United States, is best known for his “The Devil’s Dictionary” and his fantastic short stories. For more than a century, the western countries have studied the researches thoroughly and meticulously, the fields of research are wide and diverse, and the research results are fruitful and concrete, which can be said to be quite mature. Compared with other countries, its research on China is fragmented, lagging and weak, so it is very necessary and urgent for its multidimensional and deep research.