舍伍德·安德森是美国现代文学的先驱者之一。他在美国文学史上的地位多少有些奇特。一方面，他被福克纳誉为“我们这一代美国作家之父，开创了即使是我们的后人也必将承袭的美国式的写作传统”。①另一方面他的一些早期追随者，如海明威、福克纳等的艺术成就却远远超过了... Sherwood Anderson is one of the pioneers of American modern literature. His position in the history of American literature is somewhat strange. On the one hand, he was praised by Faulkner as “the father of the American writers of our generation and pioneered the American-style writing tradition that even our descendants would inherit.” On the other hand, some of his early followers, such as Hemingway and Faulkner, have far exceeded the artistic achievements.