伊迪丝·华顿(1862—1937)是美国现代文学史上一位重要的女性作家,其代表作《快乐之家》描摹了世纪之交纽约上流社会的变迁,从作品的空间隐喻性看,该作品代表了作家的最高艺术创作水平。华顿与其同时代的作家保持着超然的距离,信奉古典文学所强调的和谐有序的艺术原则,这与她广泛涉猎建筑学、艺术等领域不无关系。当代文学理论家 Edith Wharton (1862-1937) is an important female writer in the history of modern American literature. His masterpiece “Happy House” traces the vicissitudes of New York’s upper class society at the turn of the century. From the perspective of spatial metaphorical work, The work represents the writer’s highest level of artistic creation. Watton and his contemporaries maintained their transcendental distance and believed in the harmonious and orderly artistic principle emphasized by classical literature, which is closely related to her fields such as architecture and art. Contemporary literary theorist