英国著名诗人、批评家托·史·艾略特出生
刀鱼
2016-09-26
1888年9月26日托·斯·艾略特(1888-1965)是二十世纪英美文学史上最重要的诗人之一，同时也是一个有极大影响的文学批评家，是英美新批评派的开山鼻祖。
他对于传统的新阐释具有划时代的意义;他提出的"非个性化"理论和寻找"客观对应物"的创作手法对现代西方文学批评和诗歌创作产生了巨大的影响。他的诗和一套文论引发了人们轰轰烈烈的讨论与研究，至今余波未息。
托.史.艾略特《海伦姑妈》
Aunt Helen
by Thomas Stearns Eliot
Miss Helen Slingsby was my maiden aunt,
And lived in a small house near a fashionable square
Cared for by servants to the number of four.
Now when she died there was silence in heaven
And silence at her end of the street.
The shutters were drawn and the undertaker wiped his feet--
He was aware that this sort of thing had occurred before.
The dogs were handsomely provided for,
But shortly afterwards the parrot died too.
The Dresden clock continued ticking on the mantelpiece,
And the footman sat upon the dining-table
Holding the second housemaid on his knees--
Who had always been so careful while her mistress lived.
海伦斯林丝比小姐是我的未婚姑妈，
时尚广场旁边的小屋是她的家，
照料饮食起居的仆人多达四个。
当她逝去时天堂里一片寂静，
她居住过的街道尽头也悄寂无声。
百叶窗帘拉下了殡仪员在擦鞋——
他记得以前发生过此类的事情。
那些狗们被照料得体体面面，
但不久那只鹦鹉也跟着一命呜呼。
壁炉上德累斯顿钟仍在滴答走动，
而那个男仆坐上了餐桌，
大腿上搂抱着的是第二个女仆——
她那女主人在世时他总是谨小慎微呐。
关键词: 托·史·艾略特
