英语词汇the great american novel的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

The Great American Novel. This term sprang up toward the end of the 19th century. Frank Norris wrote: “The Great Amer- ican Novel is not extinct like the Dodo, but mythical like the Hippogriff . . . the thing to be looked for is not the Great Amer- ican Novelist, but the Great Novelist who shall also be Ameri- can.” Observed Jack London a little later: “I’d rather win a water-fight in a swimming pool, or remain astride a horse that is trying to get out from under me, than write the great Ameri- can novel.”

词汇	the great american novel
词源	The Great American Novel. This term sprang up toward the end of the 19th century. Frank Norris wrote: “The Great Amer- ican Novel is not extinct like the Dodo, but mythical like the Hippogriff . . . the thing to be looked for is not the Great Amer- ican Novelist, but the Great Novelist who shall also be Ameri- can.” Observed Jack London a little later: “I’d rather win a water-fight in a swimming pool, or remain astride a horse that is trying to get out from under me, than write the great Ameri- can novel.”
随便看	thersitical the same dog bit me thesaurus the scene opens the schilder technique the screw plot the second city of the world the sensation is momentary and the position ridiculous the september night the settlement of the west the sheik the silent t you’re mar-got asquith aren’t you screen siren the skipper swallows the anchor the smythe report the spanish lady thespian the splendid drunken twenties the splendid splinter the square circle the squeaky wheel gets the most grease the stagira the stendhal syndrome the sticks the stolen generation the stories get passed on and the truth gets passed over