福特·马多克斯·福特——"也许是现代英国小说中最未得到应有评价的作家":马克斯·桑德斯教授访谈录

Ford Madox Ford,"Perhaps the Most Unjustly Neglected Modern English Novelist":An Interview with Professor Max Saunders

马克斯·桑德斯教授是英国著名的福特研究专家及传记作家。本次访谈中,他首先阐述了福特在小说、诗歌、文学批评、文学期刊编辑等方面的成就及影响,接着论及福特与诸多文学流派的联系、福特复杂的文化身份对其创作的影响、福特与世界文学的关系以及福特传记和国际福特学会的贡献。最后,桑德斯教授建议中国学者聚焦福特的书信与文论研究,并尝试进行比较批评。该访谈有利于国内学者把握福特研究的最新动态和趋势,从而对国内福特研究提供有益的借鉴和启发。

Professor Max Saunders is a renowned Ford expert and biographer in Britain.In this interview,he first discusses Ford’s literary achievements and influence as a British novelist,poet,critic and editor,and then shares his thoughts on such topics as Ford’s engagements with literary movements,the impact of Ford’s complex cultural identity on his writing,Ford’s relationship with world literature,the biographies of Ford and the contributions made by the Ford Madox Ford Society.Finally,Professor Sanders suggests that Chinese scholars focus on Ford’s letters and literary theory and try to make comparative criticism.This interview aims to help domestic scholars to grasp the latest trends of Ford studies,thereby providing useful reference and inspiration for domestic Ford research.