Carl Sandburg 卡尔桑德堡

1、carl sandburg(1878-1967),-by l.y.,catalogue,life,works,writing style,other information,carl sandburg,poet, historian, novelist known for his poetry “the singing bard” a central figure in the “chicago renaissance” the successor of walt whitman his career divides into three parts,carl sandburg (januar

2、y 6, 1878 july 22, 1967) was an american writer and editor, best known for his poetry. he won three pulitzer prizes, two for his poetry and another for a biography of abraham lincoln . he was called indubitably an american in every pulse-beat.“ he and edgar lee master were making their voice heard i

3、n mid-west.,life,born in galesburg, illinois the son of poor swedish immigrant parents educated at public school quit school following his graduation from 8th grade when he was 13,he was one of the mid-west prairie poets that became known in the chicago renaissance (1912-1925),writing in the conditi

4、on of walt whitman. like whitman, he contains multitude (“the harbor”, ”chicago” ); he knew the importance of people, (“i am the people, the mob”) he was optimistic.,worked from the time he was a young boy spent a decade working a variety of jobs: delivered milk harvested ice laid bricks threshed(脱粒

5、) wheat in kansas shined shoes(擦鞋) in galesburgs union hotel traveled as a hobo(无业游民) in 1897,his job,sandburgs experiences working and traveling greatly influenced his writing and political views.he saw first-hand the sharp contrast between rich and poor, a dichotomy that instilled in him a distrus

6、t of capitalism.,back,poetry,chicago poems (1916) 芝加哥诗抄collected poems (1950) 诗集cornhuskers (1918) 剥玉米的人good morning, america (1928) 早安，美国harvest poems (1950)honey and salt (1963) 诚实与风趣in reckless ecstasy (1904) 肆无忌惮的狂热selected poems (1926)slabs of the sunburnt west (1922) 灼热的西部的木板smoke and steel (1

7、920) 烟与钢the people, yes (1936) 人们，是的,prose,abraham lincoln: the prairie years (1926)abraham lincoln: the war years (1939)mary lincoln: wife and widow (1932)steichen the photographer (1929)the american songbag (1927)the new american songbag (1950),chicago poems,carl sandburg was virtually unknown to

8、the literary world when, in 1914, a group of his poems appeared in the nationally circulated poetry magazine. two years later his book chicago poems was published, and the thirty-eight-year-old author found himself on the brink of a career that would bring him international acclaim.,fog,by carl sand

9、burg,fog,雾雾来了似小猫儿步履悄悄. 它轻轻坐下静静地俯视着港口与市镇然后又移动向前.,the fog comes on little cat feet. it sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunchesand then moves on.,the people, yes,the people, yes,probably sandburgs most popular single book from his very first volumes sandburg was interested in the speech of

10、 midwesterners, spoken by the working class of the industrial cities.,style,free verse alliteration sometimes slant rhymes,according to criticism, “carl sandburg developed a unique and controversial form of free verse and simple style”.,his interest in folk speech and folk expression became a clear

11、feature of his poetry. it also gave evidence of the authors epigrammatic (格言警句的) skill and felicitous (恰当的) phrasing(措词),back,famous words,im an idealist. i dont know where im going, but im on my way. a man may be born, but in order to be born he must first die, and in order to die he must first awa

12、ke. poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to guess about what is seen during the moment.,im an idealist-i dont know where i am going,but i am on my way,carl sandburg: 150th anniversary of birth of abraham lincoln,carl sandburg honored at his 75th birthday on january 6, 1953 in chicago.,carl sandburg & sinclair lewis,from 1945 he lived as a farmer and writer, breeding goats and folk-singing, in flat rock, north carolina.,rememb