在《道德行为者》一书中,爱德华·门德尔松论述了八位20世纪美国知名作家的内心生活与他们的公共领域生活之间的矛盾冲突,以及他们如何应对伴随着才华和权力而来的诱惑和道德考验。门德尔松从个人选择的角度呈现了近百年来的美国文化史,写法不同于一般的文化研究和历史研究著作,体现了他一贯的道德立场。《道德行为者》展现了作者对道德概念的深刻认识,指出了现代文学和文化研究中的偏见,为文学评论者该如何讨论文学中的伦理道德提供了有益的借鉴。 In The Ethical Act, Edward Mendelssohn discusses the contradictions and conflicts between the inner lives of eight well-known American writers in the twentieth century and their public sphere of life and how they respond to the attendant conflicts of talent and power The temptation and moral test. Mendelssohn presented the cultural history of the United States for nearly a hundred years from the point of view of personal choice. His writing differs from the general works of cultural studies and historical studies, embodying his consistent moral position. The “moral actor” shows the author’s profound understanding of the concept of morality, points out the prejudices in the study of modern literature and culture, and provides helpful references for how literary critics should discuss the ethics in literature.