舍伍德·安德森(1876—1941)是美国文学史上一位“特殊”的作家。他中年弃商从文,属大器晚成者;他钟情于书写美国中西部小镇,在新兴的工业浪潮中缅怀乡镇文明的失落;他被称为美国的弗洛伊德,首先触及性的禁区并且力求借此来透视生活表层之下的真实;他虽沮丧地承认自己“只不过是一个小作家”(Howe,1951:243),但却成为同时代以及后世许多知名作家的“导师”。威 Sherwood Anderson (1876-1941) is a “special” writer in the history of American literature. He abandoned his business from middle age as a late bloomer. He loves to write about small and medium-sized towns in the Midwestern United States and cherishes the memory of the loss of township civilization in the new wave of industry. He is called Floyd of the United States, And seeks to see through the realities beneath the surface of life; he, though frustratedly admits that he is “only a little writer” (Howe, 1951: 243), but becomes “ tutor”. Granville