2012年,美国馆藏量最大、历史最悠久的国会图书馆遴选出的88本对美国社会最具影响力的书籍——“塑造美国的书”(Books That ShapedAmerica)。
这份书单的体裁广泛,既有小说、诗歌、政论、历史、哲学和传记,也有识字课本、童话、科普、节育、戒酒、揭黑以及性学报告。这些重要书籍是为了引起读者的思考和讨论,从而了解“美国精神”的形成以及美国如何成为今天的美国。如此经典,必须收藏!欢迎转发!
“塑造美国的书”完整版书单(附英文书名)
◆1,本杰明·富兰克林:《对电的实验和观察》(1751)
Benjamin Franklin,"Experiments and Observations on Electricity" (1751)
◆2,本杰明·富兰克林:《穷理查年鉴:致富之路》 (1758)
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◆3,托马斯·潘恩:《常识》 (1776)
Thomas Paine,"Common Sense" (1776)
◆4,诺亚·韦伯斯特:《英语语法原理》(1783)
Noah Webster,"A Grammatical Institute of the English Language" (1783)
◆5,《联邦党人文集》(1787)
"The Federalist" (1787)
◆6,《妙趣象形字圣经》 (1788)
"A Curious Hieroglyphick Bible" (1788)
◆7,克里斯托弗·科利斯:《美利坚合众国道路勘测》 (1789)
Christopher Colles,"A Survey of the Roads of the United States of America" (1789)
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◆8,本杰明·富兰克林:《已故本杰明·富兰克林博士之个人生活》,即《富兰克林自传》(1793)
Benjamin Franklin,"The Private Life of the Late Benjamin Franklin,LL.D." (1793)
◆9,阿梅丽娅·西蒙斯:《美国烹饪》 (1796)
Amelia Simmons,"American Cookery" (1796)
◆10,《新英格兰识字课本》(1803)
"New England Primer" (1803)
◆11,梅里韦瑟·刘易斯:《在刘易斯和克拉克上尉指挥下探险纪行》 (1814)
Meriwether Lewis,"History of the Expedition Under the Command of the Captains Lewis and Clark" (1814)
◆12,华盛顿·欧文:《睡谷传奇》(1820)
Washington Irving,"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1820)
◆13,威廉·霍尔姆斯·麦格菲:《新订麦格菲美德读本》(1836)
William Holmes McGuffey,"McGuffey's Newly Revised Eclectic Primer" (1836)
◆14,萨缪尔·戈德里奇:《彼得·帕利万国通史》(1837)
◆15,弗雷德里克·道格拉斯:《弗雷德里克·道格拉斯自述》 (1845)
◆16,纳撒尼尔·霍桑:《红字》 (1850)
Nathaniel Hawthorne,"The Scarlet Letter" (1850)
◆17,赫尔曼·梅尔维尔:《莫比·迪克》,或称《白鲸》 (1851)
Herman Melville,"Moby-Dick"; or,"The Whale" (1851)
◆18,哈丽叶特·比彻·斯托:《汤姆叔叔的小屋》 (1852)
Harriet Beecher Stowe,"Uncle Tom's Cabin" (1852)
◆19,亨利·大卫·梭罗:《瓦尔登湖》,或称《林中生活》(1854)
Henry David Thoreau,"Walden;" or,"Life in the Woods" (1854)
◆20,沃尔特·惠特曼:《草叶集》(1855)
Walt Whitman,"Leaves of Grass" (1855)
◆21,路易莎·梅·奥尔科特:《小妇人》,或称《梅格、蜀雯、佩丝和艾美》 (1868)
田纳西·威廉斯(Tennessee Williams)本名Thomas Lanier Williams III,美国戏作家,生于1911年,死于1983年。他一生著有大量短剧、长剧、诗歌、小说,其中1947年在百老汇首演的《欲望号街车》尤为著名。在英文文学世界里,任何一。
Louisa May Alcott,"Little Women," or,"Meg,Jo,Beth and Amy" (1868)
◆22,霍拉修·阿尔杰:《卖火柴的小男孩马克》 (1869)
Horatio Alger Jr.,"Mark,the Match Boy" (1869)
◆23,凯瑟琳·比彻、哈丽叶特·比彻·斯托:《美国妇女家务手册》 (1869)
Catharine E. Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe,"The American Woman's Home" (1869)
托马斯·拉尼尔·威廉斯三世(Thomas Lanier Williams III),美国剧作家,以笔名田纳西·威廉斯(Tennessee Williams)闻名于世。他是二十世纪最重要的剧作家之一。他于1948年和1955年分别以《欲望号街车》(A Streetcar Named D。
◆24,马克·吐温:《哈克贝利·芬历险记》 (1884)
Mark Twain,"Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" (1884)
◆25,埃米莉·狄金森:《诗集》 (1890)
Emily Dickinson,"Poems" (1890)
◆26,雅各布·里斯:《另一半怎样生活》 (1890)
Jacob Riis,"How the Other Half Lives" (1890)
◆27,斯蒂芬·克莱恩:《红色英勇勋章》 (1895)
Stephen Crane,"The Red Badge of Courage" (1895)
◆28,弗兰克·鲍姆:《绿野仙踪》(1900)
L. Frank Baum,"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" (1900)
◆29,萨拉·布拉德福:《哈丽叶特,人民的摩西》(1901)
Sarah H. Bradford,"Harriet,the Moses of Her People" (1901)
威廉斯就是美国最有名的剧作家田纳西·威廉斯(Tennessee Williams)。威廉斯是著名的同性恋者,纵欲无度,但是在认识法兰克·梅格之后,却共同生活了十四年之久,直到1962年法兰克死于癌症。生离死别后的田纳西说"自己的一部分。
◆30,杰克·伦敦:《荒野的呼唤》 (1903)
Jack London,"The Call of the Wild" (1903)
◆31,WEB·杜波伊斯:《黑人的灵魂》(1903)
W.E.B. Du Bois,"The Souls of Black Folk" (1903)
◆32,艾达·塔贝尔:《标准石油公司史》 (1904)
Ida Tarbell,"The History of Standard Oil" (1904)
◆33,厄普顿·辛克莱:《屠场》 (1906)
Upton Sinclair,"The Jungle" (1906)
◆34,亨利·亚当斯:《亨利·亚当斯的教育》(1907)
Henry Adams,"The Education of Henry Adams" (1907)
◆35,威廉·詹姆士:《实用主义》(1907)
William James,"Pragmatism" (1907)
◆36,赞恩·格雷:《紫艾草骑士》 (1912)
Zane Grey,"Riders of the Purple Sage" (1912)
◆37,埃德加·赖斯·伯勒斯:《人猿泰山》(1914)
Edgar Rice Burroughs,"Tarzan of the Apes" (1914)
◆38,玛格丽特·桑杰:《有限生育》 (1914)
Margaret Sanger,"Family Limitation" (1914)
◆39,威廉·卡洛斯·威廉斯:《春天及一切》 (1923)
William Carlos Williams,"Spring and All" (1923)
◆40,罗伯特·弗罗斯特:《新罕布什尔》 (1923)
Robert Frost,"New Hampshire" (1923)
◆41,斯科特·菲茨杰拉德:《了不起的盖茨比》(1925)
F. Scott Fitzgerald,"The Great Gatsby" (1925)
◆42,朗斯顿·休斯:《疲倦的布鲁斯》(1925)
Langston Hughes,"The Weary Blues" (1925)
◆43,威廉·福克纳:《喧哗与骚动》 (1929)
William Faulkner,"The Sound and the Fury" (1929)
◆44,达谢尔·哈米特:《红色收获》 (1929)
Dashiell Hammett,"Red Harvest" (1929)
◆45,厄玛·罗鲍尔:《烹饪之乐》 (1931)
Irma Rombauer,"Joy of Cooking" (1931)
◆46,玛格丽特·米切尔:《乱世佳人》(1936)
Margaret Mitchell,"Gone With the Wind" (1936)
◆47,戴尔·卡内基:《如何赢得朋友和影响他人》
Dale Carnegie,"How to Win Friends and Influence People" (1936)
◆48,佐拉·尼尔·赫斯顿:《他们眼望上帝》 (1937)
Zora Neale Hurston,"Their Eyes Were Watching God" (1937)
◆49,联邦作家计划:《爱达荷:图文导览》 (1937)
Federal Writers' Project,"Idaho: A Guide in Word and Pictures" (1937)
◆50,桑顿·怀尔德:《我们的镇子》(1938)
Thornton Wilder,"Our Town: A Play" (1938)
◆51,《匿名戒酒》 (1939)
"Alcoholics Anonymous" (1939)
◆52,约翰·斯坦贝克:《愤怒的葡萄》 (1939)
John Steinbeck,"The Grapes of Wrath" (1939)
◆53,欧内斯特·海明威:《钟为谁鸣》 (1940)
Ernest Hemingway,"For Whom the Bell Tolls" (1940)
◆54,理查德·赖特:《土生子》(1940)
Richard Wright,"Native Son" (1940)
◆55,贝蒂·史密斯:《布鲁克林有棵树》 (1943)
Betty Smith,"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" (1943)
◆56,本杰明·博特金:《美国民歌金库》 (1944)
Benjamin A. Botkin,"A Treasury of American Folklore" (1944)
◆57,格温多琳·布鲁克斯:《铜镇街头》(1945)
Gwendolyn Brooks,"A Street in Bronzeville" (1945)
◆58,本杰明·斯波克:《育儿常识》 (1946)
Benjamin Spock,"The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care" (1946)
◆59,尤金·奥尼尔:《送冰的人来了》 (1946)
Eugene O'Neill,"The Iceman Cometh" (1946)
◆60,玛格丽特·怀斯·布朗:《晚安月球》 (1947)
Margaret Wise Brown,"Goodnight Moon" (1947)
◆61,田纳西·威廉斯:《欲望号街车》 (1947)
◆62,阿尔弗雷德·金赛:《男性性行为》 (1948)
Alfred C. Kinsey,"Sexual Behavior in the Human Male" (1948)
◆63,JD·塞林格:《麦田里的守望者》(1951)
J.D. Salinger,"The Catcher in the Rye" (1951)
◆64,拉尔夫·埃利森:《看不见的人》(1952)
Ralph Ellison,"Invisible Man" (1952)
◆65,EB·怀特:《夏洛的网》 (1952)
E.B. White,"Charlotte's Web" (1952)
◆66,雷·布拉德伯里:《华氏451》(1953)
Ray Bradbury,"Fahrenheit 451" (1953)
◆67,艾伦·金斯堡:《嚎叫》(1956)
Allen Ginsberg,"Howl" (1956)
◆68,安·兰德:《阿特拉斯耸耸肩》(1957)
Ayn Rand,"Atlas Shrugged" (1957)
◆69,苏斯博士:《帽中猫》 (1957)
Dr. Seuss,"The Cat in the Hat" (1957)
◆70,杰克·凯鲁亚克:《在路上》(1957)
Jack Kerouac,"On the Road" (1957)
◆71,哈珀·李:《杀死一只反舌鸟》(1960)
Harper Lee,"To Kill a Mockingbird" (1960)
◆72,约瑟夫·海勒:《第二十二条军规》 (1961)
Joseph Heller,"Catch-22" (1961)
◆73,罗伯特·海因莱:《异乡异客》 (1961)
◆74,埃兹拉·杰克·基茨:《下雪天》 (1962)
Ezra Jack Keats,"The Snowy Day" (1962)
◆75,莫里斯·森达克:《野兽家园》(1963)
Maurice Sendak,"Where the Wild Things Are" (1963)
◆76,詹姆斯·鲍德温:《烈火将燃》 (1963)
James Baldwin,"The Fire Next Time" (1963)
◆77,贝蒂·弗里丹:《女性迷思》(1963)
Betty Friedan,"The Feminine Mystique" (1963)
◆78,马尔科姆·X、亚历克斯·黑利:《马尔科姆·X自传》 (1965)
◆79,拉尔夫·纳德:《任何速度都不安全》(1965)
Ralph Nader,"Unsafe at Any Speed" (1965)
◆80,蕾切尔·卡森:《寂静的春天》(1962)
Rachel Carson,"Silent Spring" (1962)
◆81,杜鲁门·卡波特:《冷血》(1966)
Truman Capote,"In Cold Blood" (1966)
◆82,詹姆斯·沃森:《双螺旋》 (1968)
James D. Watson,"The Double Helix" (1968)
◆83,迪·布朗:《魂归伤膝谷》 (1970)
Dee Brown,"Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" (1970)
◆84,波士顿妇女健康图书协会:《我们的身体,我们自己》 (1971)
Boston Women's Health Book Collective,"Our Bodies,Ourselves" (1971)
◆85,卡尔·萨根:《宇宙》 (1980)
Carl Sagan,"Cosmos" (1980)
◆86,托妮·莫里森:《宠儿》 (1987)
Toni Morrison,"Beloved" (1987)
◆87,兰迪·希尔茨:《乐队继续演奏》(1987)
Randy Shilts,"And the Band Played On" (1987)
◆88,塞萨尔·查韦斯:《塞萨尔·查韦斯语录》 (2002)
César Chávez,"The Words of César Chávez" (2002)