223 文学研究早期作品
P1:study of a writer rarely start with attention to her or his juvenilia, which preclude(阻碍 妨碍)chance to inquire(调查) the origins of writer’s ultimate achievement and power. Insights to identify origins of creative production, and this is germane(密切相关的)to account for TD as an AA writer
P2: no exact rules about a good writer. Page is a catalyst(催化剂)for the engagement of the reader’s mind with that of the writer. TD, known for FST and play RM, also political and historically analytic perspectives on AA cultures manifested in D as a journalist. His editorials provide early evidence of what we begin to understand about his orientation toward reality, aesthetic preferences, complex and historically grounded modes of thought and expression, crucial for a full assessment for D later work.
223---不知所云。。。
生词:trivialized不重要
The study of a writer rarely begins with attention to the juvenilia
A writer’s early attempts are either dismissed or trivialized
Insights into writer’s style might be strengthened by trying to identify the origins of creative production---Tom Dent
Governing presupposition---quality in writing
Engagement of reader’s mind with that of the writer---collaborate on a vision of reality
---TD