摘要
《疲倦的布鲁斯》是兰斯顿.休斯的第一部诗集,不仅为他赢得了全国都市联盟举办的诗歌比赛一等奖,也奠定了他在美国当代诗坛上的领袖地位。在他的这部诗集中处处流露出美国诗人惠特曼对他的影响,本文试从民主思想、审美意象、诗体的自由性三个方面比较惠特曼的《草叶集》和兰斯顿.休斯的《疲倦的布鲁斯》之间的共同之处,以此说明《草叶集》对《疲倦的布鲁斯》的影响。
The first book of poems by Langston Hughes, The Weary Blues, not only won first prize in a competition offered by the National Urban League＇ s organ Opportunity, but also established him on the leadership status of American contemporary poetry. In this book ,we can find everywhere effuses the influences which American poet Whitman has on him. This paper tries from three aspects—the Democracy, the Esthetic Image, Free Verse to compare Whitman “Leaves of Grass” and Langston Hughes The Weary Blues, in order to find something in common between them.
