文学是语言的艺术，是以语言为工具来塑造艺术形象的，虽然其具有形象的间接性，但它能多方面立体性地展示社会生活，甚至表现社会生活的发展过程，展示人与人之间的错综复杂的社会关系和人物的内心精神世界。本书对在美洲各国现代文学史上做出杰出贡献的文学家们的生平和重要作品进行了系统而全面的介绍。是我们学习和了解美洲现代文学概貌的良好读物。（Literature is the art of language, is using language as tool to shape artistic image, although it has vivid indirectness, but it can show social life versatilely and three-dimensionally, and even show the development process of social life, show the interpersonal and intricate social relations and people’s inner spiritual world. This book gives a systematic and comprehensive introduction to the lifetime and important works of the litterateurs who have made outstanding contributions to modern history of literature of American countries. It is a good reading material for us to learn and understand modern literature overview of America.）...