首页
登录
职称英语
Washington Irving was America’s first man of letters to be known internation
Washington Irving was America’s first man of letters to be known internation
游客
2025-03-14
34
管理
问题
Washington Irving was America’s first man of letters to be known internationally. His works were received enthusiastically both in England and in the United States. He was, in fact, one of the most successful writers of his time in the country, and at the same time winning the admiration of fellow writers like Scott in Britain and Poe and Hawthorne in the United States. (76) The respect in which he was held partly owing to the man himself, with his warm friendliness, his good sense, his urbanity, his gay spirits, his artistic integrity, his love of both the Old World and the New. Thackeray described Irving as "a gentleman, who, though himself born in no very high sphere, was most finished, polished, witty; socially the equal of the most refined Europeans. " (77) In England he was granted an honorary degree from Oxford--an unusual honor for a citizen of a young, uncultured nation--and he received the medal of the Royal Society of Literature. America made him ambassador to Spain.
Irving’s background provides little to explain his literary achievements. A gifted but delicate child, he had little schooling. He studied law, but without zeal, and never did practice seriously. He was immune to his strict Presbyterian home environment, frequenting both social gatherings and the theater. [br] Why might Irving’s literary ability have been surprising to the English?
选项
A、They feared competition from American writers.
B、They did not expect the United States to produce good writers.
C、They disapproved of the language American writers used.
D、They thought of the United States as a purely commercial power.
答案
B
解析
推理判断题。第一段倒数第二句提到a young,uncultured nation是指当时的美国,可见当时的美国在英国人和欧洲人眼中是个年轻而又落后的国家,所以英国人没有料到在美国会出现如此优秀的作家。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3997094.html
相关试题推荐
TheAmericanRevolutionwasacitizen’srevolution.Ordinarymentookalarg
TheAmericanRevolutionwasacitizen’srevolution.Ordinarymentookalarg
Seventeenth-centuryhousesincolonialNorthAmericaweresimplestructures
Seventeenth-centuryhousesincolonialNorthAmericaweresimplestructures
BenjaminFranklinwasAmerica’sfirstinternationallyfamousswimmerandswi
BenjaminFranklinwasAmerica’sfirstinternationallyfamousswimmerandswi
GenerationsofAmericanshavebeenbroughtuptobelievethatagoodbreakfa
GenerationsofAmericanshavebeenbroughtuptobelievethatagoodbreakfa
GenerationsofAmericanshavebeenbroughtuptobelievethatagoodbreakfa
GenerationsofAmericanshavebeenbroughtuptobelievethatagoodbreakfa
随机试题
AtthestartofhertalkRebeccapointsoutthatnewgraduatescanfindithard
设计条件 1.沿正南北方向的场地剖面如图所示,试卷比例1:500。 2.
关于屋面雨水排放设计要求,以下哪项错误?( )A.工业厂房的大型屋面采用满管压
神经细胞卫星现象指的是哪一种细胞增生A.小胶质细胞 B.星形胶质细胞 C
(2017年真题)下列关于公司型基金的表述中错误的是()。A.公司型基金可
某化肥厂向附近一小河排放工业废水,受该厂污染的河水流入村民承包的农田,造成农作物
闪点是判断液体火灾危险性大小以及对可燃性液体进行分类的主要依据。下列选项中,火灾
心理社会治疗模式认为()是开展有效服务的前提。A.服务对象的潜能 B.建立服
动物见到食物就引起唾液分泌,这属于( )。A.前馈控制 B.非自动控制 C
资产管理合同应当对( )等或有事项,作出明确约定。A.巨额退出 B.延期支付
最新回复
(
0
)