外交学院潘沼中教授编选、注释的《美国文化与文学选集1607-1914》是我国第一部美国学专题英文教材。全书以美国文化与社会的发展为脉络,分为“清教徒时期”、“美国革命与共和国初创时期”、“资本主义兴盛时期”、“镀金与改革时期”四大部分。每部分的选文包括政治、社会、历史、文学诸方面,而以文学作品居多,体现了美国在各个历史时期的真实风貌和演变过程。为帮助读者了解美国文化的发展规律和特点,每部分前冠有一篇中文引言;为帮助读者做进一步研究,每部分后附有阅读书单。每篇选文均辅以用中文撰写的作者简介或背景简介,以及独具特点的作品注释。
“文化”的内涵和美国文化研究——《美国文化与文学选集》序
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RART ONE FROM PURITAN TO YANKEE 1607-1760
Introduction to the Period(引言)
Texts
1 The Settelenent
2 The Puritan Mind
3 Later Developments
4 Enloghtenment and Yankeeism
PART TWO THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND YOUNG REPUBLIC 1760-1815
Introduction to the Period(引言)
Texts
1 Philosophy of the Revolution
2 Literature lf the Revolution-----Two Specimens
3 Whither America----The constitution
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PART THREE RISING CAPITALISM OVER A HORSE DIEIDED1815-1865
Introdrction to the Period(引言)
Texts
1 National Expansion and Jacksonian Denocracy
2 Middle Class Values and Their Moulders
3 Evolving Anerican Fold Traditions and the Search for Cultural Identity
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PART FOUR THE GILDED AGE AND THE AGE OF REFORM 1865-1914
Introduction to the Period(引言)
Texts
1 Westward Expsnsion :Various Interpretations
2 Incorporation and Ift Impact
3 Race and Innigration
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Times grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle as years of matrimony rolled on ;a tart temper never mellows with age,and a sharp tongueis the only edged tool that grows keener with constant.