答案優(yōu)選2. Philip Freneau (1752--1832)
“Poet of the American Revolution”
“Father of American Poetry”
He was the most significant poet of 18th century America.
Some of his themes and images anticipated the works of such 19th century American Romantic writers as Cooper, Emerson, Poe and Melville.
是愛默生、坡、朗費羅等人的文學傳統(tǒng)的先驅。
1） Works
a) The Rising Glory of America 1772 《美洲光輝的興起》
b) The House of Night 1779, 1786 《夜之屋》
c) The British Prison Ship 1781 《英國囚船》
d) To the Memory of the Brave Americans 1781 《紀念美國勇士》
e) The Wild Honey Suckle 1786
f) The Indian Burying Ground 1788
g) The Dying Indian: Tomo Chequi 《奄奄一息的印第安人：托姆•柴吉》
2） Life
He was born in New York.
At 16, he entered Princeton University.
While still an undergraduate, he wrote in collaboration with one of his friends (H.H.Brackenridge) a poem entitled “The Rising Glory of America”.
Later he attended the War of Independence, and he was captured by British army in 1780. After being released, he published “The British Prison Ship” in 1871. In the same year, he published “To the Memory of the Brave Americans”.
After war, he supported Jefferson, and contributed greatly to American government.
But after 50 years old, he lived in poverty. And at last he died in a blizzard.
3） Assessment
Almost alone of his generation, he managed to peer through the pervasive
atmosphere of imitativeness, to see life around directly, to appreciate the natural scenes on the new continent and the native Indian civilization. Some of his most famous works, with their lyric quality, sensuous images and their fresh perception of nature and “noble savagery” are directly American.
翻譯如下：
Philip Freneau(1752--1832)
美國革命詩人，美國詩歌之父
18世紀美國意義最重大的詩人，他詩歌的一些主題和意象在19世紀美國
浪漫作家愛默生、坡、朗費羅等人作品中流傳。
作品：a) 《美洲光輝的興起》
b) 《夜之屋》
c) 《英國囚船》
d) 《紀念美國勇士》
e) The Wild Honey Suckle
f)《印第安人埋葬之地》
g) 《奄奄一息的印第安人：托姆•柴吉》
生平：出生于紐約
16歲進入普林斯頓大學
當他還未畢業(yè)時，和一個朋友合作寫了《美洲光輝的興起》一詩
接著他參加的了獨立戰(zhàn)爭，在1780被英國俘虜，釋放之后，在1871發(fā)表了《英國囚船》
，同一年，出版了 《紀念美國勇士》
戰(zhàn)后，他支持杰弗遜，為美國政府做出巨大貢獻
但50歲后，他在貧窮中度過，最后死于 blizzard
3） 評價
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