《英美文学赏析教程》（第二版）以文体为纲，分“小说卷”“诗歌、戏剧与散文卷”两个分册，打破了传统按国别与年代编排的模式，按照主题分类和排序，将英美文学史上的重要作家及其代表性作品有机地联系起来。“诗歌、戏剧与散文卷”分册共三大部分：诗歌、戏剧和散文，共27个单元。每单元包括导读、代表作家作品介绍、经典选读、注释、选文评析、练习、推荐阅读书目七个部分。导读结合史与论，评析提纲挈领，练习和推荐书目引导读者深入思考，拓宽眼界。第二版还增加了对英美文学史的梳理，既有利于教师系统讲解，同时也方便学生自学。本教程适合广大高校开设英美文学课程的授课教师、英语专业学生及欲提高英美文学素养的人士使用。

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他山之石 可以攻玉（代序） .......................................................... xi
Part One Poetry
导读 ..........................................................................................3
I. Introduction ..................................................................... 5
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II. Selected Readings .......................................................... 29
Unit 1 Epic .29 Paradise Lost ............................................................................................................ 32
Unit 2 Ballad .39 To the Cuckoo .......................................................................................................... 41
She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways ........................................................... 43
I Travelled Among Unknown Men ..................................................................... 44
Unit 3 Sonnet .49
Ozymandias .............................................................................................................. 53
Contents
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英美文学赏析教程：诗歌、戏剧与散文卷（第二版）
Appreciation of English and American Literature (2nd Edition) Poetry, Drama & Essay
England in 1819........................................................................................................ 54
Unit 4 Elegy .58 Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard ........................................................... 61
Elegy on Thyrza ....................................................................................................... 65
Elegy ........................................................................................................................... 68
Unit 5 Ode .73 Ode on a Grecian Urn ............................................................................................ 76
To Autumn ................................................................................................................ 79
Ode to a Nightingale ............................................................................................... 81
Unit 6 Dramatic Monologue .88 The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock ................................................................ 91
Unit 7 Hymanal Stanza .100 Because I Could Not Stop for Death ............................................................... 105
The Soul Selects Her Own Society ................................................................... 107
Unit 8 Lyrics (I) .111 Kubla Khan ..............................................................................................................114
Unit 9 Lyrics (II) .120 Sailing to Byzantium.............................................................................................124
Leda and the Swan ................................................................................................ 127
Unit 10 Lyrics (III): Pastoral .132 Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening ........................................................ 135
Neither out Far nor in Deep ................................................................................ 136
Unit 11 Free Verse (I) .142 Song of Myself ........................................................................................................ 144
I Sit and Look Out ................................................................................................ 148
Unit 12 Free Verse (II) .152 In a Station of the Metro ......................................................................................155
Dancing ....................................................................................................................156
The Red Wheelbarrow ........................................................................................ 157
[L(a] ...........................................................................................................................158
Sunset .......................................................................................................................159
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Unit 13 Asian American Poetry .164 Eating Alone ........................................................................................................... 168
Part Two Drama
导读 ......................................................................................175
I. Introduction ................................................................. 183
II. Selected Readings ........................................................ 191
Unit 1 Tragedy (I) .191 King Lear ................................................................................................................. 194
The British Camp, near Dover........................................................................... 195
Unit 2 Tragedy (II) .214 Death of a Salesman ............................................................................................. 219
Unit 3 Comedy (I) .247 August Does His Bit: A True-to-life Farce .......................................................249
Unit 4 Comedy (II) .274 Ah, Wilderness .......................................................................................................279
Unit 5 Drama of Modernism (I) .295 Look Back in Anger ..............................................................................................299
Unit 6 Drama of Modernism (II) .313 The Glass Menagerie ............................................................................................ 316
Part Three Essay
导读 ......................................................................................339
I. Introduction ................................................................. 340
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Appreciation of English and American Literature (2nd Edition) Poetry, Drama & Essay
II. Selected Readings ........................................................ 343
Unit 1 Classic Essay .343 Of Studies ................................................................................................................345
Of Beauty .................................................................................................................347
Of Wisdom for a Man’s Self ................................................................................349
Unit 2 Periodical Essay .354 Sir Roger at Church ..............................................................................................357
Unit 3 Philosophical Essay (I) .362 Nature .......................................................................................................................365 Unit 4 Philosophical Essay (II) .375 Civil Disobedience ................................................................................................ 377
Walden, or Life in the Woods .............................................................................382
Unit 5 Biographical Essay .392 The Life of Milton .................................................................................................396
Milton ....................................................................................................................... 401
Unit 6 Literary Criticism and Comment (I) .411 An Essay on Criticism .......................................................................................... 414
Unit 7 Literary Criticism and Comment (II) .421 The Art of Fiction ..................................................................................................424 Unit 8 Literary Criticism and Comment (III) .434 The Philosophy of Composition ........................................................................436
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