华莱士·斯蒂文斯(Wallace Stevens 1879-1955)的性格显然具有双重性:一方面,他是很成功的生意人,另一方面,他又是二十世纪美国最为优秀的诗人,尽管这种优秀要在很晚才被人们认识到。他曾就学于哈佛大学,毕业后当过律师,后进入一家保险公司,最后做到 The character of Wallace Stevens (1879-1955) is clearly dualistic: on the one hand, he is a very successful businessman, and on the other hand, he is the most talented American poet of the twentieth century, though This kind of excellence is to be recognized by people very late. He had studied at Harvard University, worked as a lawyer after graduation, after entering an insurance company, and finally