Magoosh上的难文

林子秋枫UID: 3215307

Was T.S. Eliot a great letter writer? Not on the evidence gathered in a recently emerged folio of letters penned during his tenure as the chief editor of Criterion, a once popular literary publication. Although we are offered a vivid picture of the single-handed daily management of a high-minded literary magazine, few of the Criterion letters are riveting or revelatory, and are couched in a scrupulously courteous register that becomes wearisome when read in quantity. But the dazzling roster of correspondents makes even the most humdrum exchanges of interest. The big names - Wyndham Lewis, Ezra Pound, Virginia Woolf and W B Yeats - are well represented, along with an illustrious cast of literary worthies from Auden (his first appearance in the letters being a courteous rejection note) to Gertrude Stein (another rejection, rather less courteous), Robert Graves (a quarrel) and Thomas McGreevy, Criterion contributor and close friend of Samuel Beckett, whose recently published letters vie with Eliot's as essential purchases for anyone with an interest in modern writing.

又是一篇难文，真心读不懂。我只能理解到：T.S.E写的东西其实很无聊（Although vivid...few are riveting...）,But后面的完全不懂了。求高人来讨论。

tkt111UID: 3453443

后面有But the dazzling roster of correspondents makes even the most humdrum exchanges of interest，之前提出疑问说他是不是一个好的letter writer，然后举出了各种各样的作家的拒绝和竞争，那么应该说这种关系还是很有趣的吧，而 Eliot激起了这种关系，所以应该还是比较正面的评价？

crazyrobinUID: 2368627

But后面是说有很多名人和TSE来往

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tkt111 发表于 2013-11-21 23:13
后面有But the dazzling roster of correspondents makes even the most humdrum exchanges of interest，之 ...

正面的评价读不出来。我倒是觉得是负面的评价。我有琢磨了一下but句，与上文衔接起来应该是：T.S.E写的东西not riveting，读多了令人wearisome. 但是呢（but），那些令人眼花缭乱的roster，使得无聊的东西也有点有趣了。后面就是像Robin说的（谢Robin大神指点），各种与T.S.E有来往的名人。或者像你说的各种名人的拒绝、竞争。

最后总结起来就是：其实写得一点也不好，就是搞了一堆名人，很有噱头。

这样理解应该就差不多了。

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crazyrobin 发表于 2013-11-21 23:13
But后面是说有很多名人和TSE来往

Robin，你看我的上面的理解对不对？多谢！

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林子秋枫 发表于 2013-11-21 23:55
Robin，你看我的上面的理解对不对？多谢！

我是这样理解的。
作者认为他写的东西没什么意思，但是里面一些名人来往信件似乎又有点意思。
总体态度是没意思

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crazyrobin 发表于 2013-11-22 00:07
我是这样理解的。
作者认为他写的东西没什么意思，但是里面一些名人来往信件似乎又有点意思。
总体态度 ...

ok, 非常感谢！