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文学评论家、耶鲁大学教授哈罗德·布鲁姆(Harold Bloom)在2015年5月12日出版了新书《恶魔知道》(The Daemon Knows)。他在书中提名了12位美国作家,认为他们的内在精神最能充分展现“美国崇高”。在布鲁姆看来,书名中的“恶魔”代表了“一个人的创造力,比你们也许想要称之为纯粹的自觉的东西来得更加深刻、更加透彻……恶魔代表创造的精神”。既然这位著名学者的新书肯定会掀起一大波批评的声音,我们在此列出布鲁姆心目中的12位美国顶尖作家,附上书中的简短评语,来检视一下布鲁姆选择这些作家背后的原因。
Literary critic Harold Bloom, a Yale professor, published the new book The Daemon Knows on May 12, He nominated 12 American writers in the book, believing that their inner spirit best shows “the American lofty”. For Broome, the “devil” in the title stands for “a person’s creativity that is deeper and more thorough than what you might want to call purely conscious. the spirit of”. Since the famous scholar’s new book is bound to make a big wave of criticism, here’s a list of the 12 top American writers in Broome’s eyes, with brief comments in the book to examine Bloom’s selection of these writers s reason.