帕特利克·怀特(Patrick White,1912-1990)是1973年诺贝尔文学奖得主,是20世纪澳大利亚最重要的现代主义小说家,被誉为将“澳大利亚文学带到了世界的版图上”。怀特具有深刻、独特的文学思想和创新的文学风格,在澳大利亚文学史上创立了怀特时代,奠定了“怀特派”小说创作潮流。《走向人性的理想和自由:论帕特里克?怀特小说中的性》一书从“性”(sexuality)这一角度,论 Patrick White (1912-1990), the 1973 Nobel Prize laureate in literature, was Australia’s foremost modernist novelist in the 20th century and was hailed as “bringing Australian literature to the world” . White has profound and unique literary ideas and innovative literary style. He established the White Age in the history of Australian literature and laid the foundation for the creation of the White Widow novel. The Ideal and Freedom Towards Human Nature: On the Sexuality in Patrick White’s Novels from the Perspective of Sexuality