“火大王”王燊甫——湮没无闻的华裔美国文学的先行者

“Mr.Flame-Style King”: David Raphael Wang’s Pioneering Contributions to Chinese American Literature

被庞德戏称为“火大王”的王燊甫是华裔美国文学研究中久被遗忘的一位作家。他在20世纪5070年代活跃于美国文坛。近年来．虽有少数学者关注到王氏与威廉斯及庞德之间的相互影响，但其作为早期华裔美国文学作家的地位和成就尚未引起应有的重视。本文从三个方面发掘王氏对中美文学交流及亚裔／华裔美国文学的贡献：1）王氏的诗歌翻译；2）王氏的诗歌创作；3）王氏的文学批评及其对亚裔／华裔美国文学的开拓性推介。希望对读者了解和认识这位华裔美国文学的先行者有所裨益。

David Raphael Wang, nicknamed ＂Mr Flame-style King＂ by Ezra Pound, is a prolific translator, poet and critic, and yet has been neglected in the history of Asian/Chinese American literature. He was quite active in American literary circle through 1950s to 1970s. In the past decades, a few scholars have noted the literary relations between Wang and Williams, as well as Wang and Pound; however, his literary achievements as an Asian/Chinese American writer have yet to be rediscovered. The paper is to excavate Wang＇s pioneering contributions to Asian/Chinese American literature in three aspects： his translation of Chinese poetry into English, his poetic production in English, and his literary criticism and promotion of early Asian/Chinese American literature. Hopefully, it will help the readers know about this pioneer of Asian/Chinese American Literature.