Harriet Beecher Stowe个人简介.ppt

HarrietBeecherStowe哈丽特 比彻 斯托 life wasbornJune14 1811 inLitchfield Connecticut theseventhchildofafamousprotestantpreacher broughtupwithpuritanicalstrictness Herfather LymanBeecher wasacontroversialCalvinistpreacherMotherdiedwhenshewasfour Diedin1July1896attheageof85 inHartfordConnecticut Whenshewaselevenyearsold sheenteredHartfordFemaleSeminary aschoolfoundedbyhersisterCatherine Atthattime HartfordFemaleSeminarywasoneofonlyahandfulofschoolsthattooktheeducationofgirlsseriously inHartfordshecameintocontactwithfugitiveslavesandlearnedaboutlifeintheSouth latersettledinMainewithherhusband aprofessoratherfather stheologicalseminary Theearlyyearsoftheirmarriageweremarkedbypoverty Overthenext14yearsStowehad7children career In1834StowebeganherliterarycareerwhenshewonaprizecontestoftheWesternMonthlyMagazine soonshewasaregularcontributorofstoriesandessays In1843 herfirstbookTheMayflower appeared Harriet works UncleTom sCabin 1852 汤姆叔叔的小屋 AKeytoUncleTom sCabin 1853 汤姆叔叔的小屋说明 Dred ATaleoftheGreatDismalSwamp 1856 德雷德 阴暗大沼地的故事 TheMinister sWooing 1859 牧师的求婚 ThePearlofOrr sIsland 1862 奥尔岛上的明珠 OldtownFolks 1869 老城的人们 UncleTom sCabin thebest sellingnovelofthe19thcenturythesecondbest sellingbookofthatcentury followingtheBible helpedlaythegroundworkfortheCivilWar Influencedbymanypeople shewasinfluencedbymanypeople Themostprominentinfluencesinherlifewere Herfather Lyman aministerandseminarypresidentHersister Catherine aninnovativeeducatorHeryoungerbrother Henry aministerHerhusband CalvinEllisStowe aprofessorandstrongcriticofslavery WhenshevisitedKentucky witnessedthelifeofslavesthere whichprovidematerialsforherlaternovels Againshewasinfluencedbythestronganti slaverysentimentinhisfather sschool Thesentimentsbecamehertoneofthenovels ItissaidthatPresidentLincolnmetStoweduringtheCivilWarandsaidtoher Soyouarethelittlewomanwhowrotethebookthatmadethisbigwar AndshehasbeenanaudienceofQueenVictoriaandPrinceAlbert She snotonlythetoponeoftheworld famouswomen AtthecriticalmomentindeterminingthefateofAmericanpeopleinhistory herinfluencegoesbeyondanyotherperson And ofcourse theabolitionofslavesystemisnot norcanbethethingsapersoncanresultintotheindustry whichisthecauseofthecrowd However theimpactofUncleTom scabinisthegreatestandmostfar reaching KirkMonroe 柯克 门罗认为 她不仅在世界著名妇女中是出类拔萃 名列前茅的 而且在决定美国人民命运的最关键的历史时刻 她的影响超过其他的任何一个人 当然 废除奴隶制不是 也不可能是一个人能功成业就的事 它是众人的事业 但是 汤姆叔叔的小屋 所产生的影响是最伟大的 最深远的 Stowe swritingcareerspanned51years Shepublished30books Shedidthiswhileshewasbusyraisingsevenchildren Shewasfortunateinhavingthesupportofherhusbandthiskindofsupportwasunusualatthetime influence ThefirstAmericannoveltranslatedintoChineseOne