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1、1Reading Stevies Life in Her WorkWriter: Supervisor: Abstract: For most Chinese readers, the name Stevie Smith must be very unfamiliar with and they will ask “who is Stevie Smith? Is she a myth?” In this thesis, the author will first answer these questions to readers. Stevie Smith was born in Hull,
2、Yorkshire, England in September 1902. She was christened Florence Margaret, but always called Peggy by the family. She acquired the name Stevie when she was riding in the park accidentally (Sternlicht, 1991: P4) Retaining her nickname Stevie throughout her adulthood, she shifted her poems from male
3、to female; Conformity to unconformity, simple to complex, adult to child, but only one theme is not changed: deathalways being the core of her poems and melancholy is the preponderant mood of the poem. Through her life, Stevie Smith totally published 8 volumes of poetry, three novels, and a radio pl
4、ay. She acquired reputation in Britain and the United States. But what a pity is that few Chinese pundits and readers research her and even just know about her.Some people say Stevies poems are elusive, while if we can have a thorough learning of her life, her poems will become easier alike the sent
5、ence saying “Stevies life can be read in her work; and, indeed, her life was her work” (Sternlicht, 1991: P3), because poems are universal. In this thesis, the author will introduce and analyze Stevies life and works focusing on autobiographical view and find the relationship of them.Key words: Smit
6、hs life; Smiths poems; melancholy mood; psychology CONTENT2Introduction .1Chapter One Is Stevie Smith a Myth? Brief Introduction to Stevie Smith .21.1 First Seventeenth Years Melancholy Life .21.2 Stevie Becomes a Secretary and Two Unsuccessful Love Relationship .41.3 Stevies First Novel and Collect
7、ion of Poems is Published .61.4 Difficulties in Fifties .81.5 Rejuvenation Again and Deplorability in her Late Age .9 Chapter Two Why She Loves Death so Much? .112.1 The Influence of her Father.122.2 The Influence of her Mother .142.3 The Call from God .152.4 Catalyzing of Secretary Job .17Conclusio
8、n.20Notes .23BibliographyAcknowledgementsIntroduction3Stevie Smith was born in Hull, England in September 1902, the second daughter of Ethel and Charles Smith. She was christened Florence Margaret, but always called Peggy by her family. She was described as “a nugget of genius” by some critics and “
9、well on edge” by herself (Kay, 1971: P44-45) Retaining her nickname Stevie throughout her adulthood, she shifted her poems from male to female; conformity to unconformity, simple to complex, adult to child, but only one theme is not changed: deathalways being the core of her poems. Witnessing her fa
10、ther abandoned their family and her mother died in desperation, experiencing the very lonely life in the nursery house after she was diagnosed tuberculosis, her first seventeenth years melancholy life and her parents accounted for the death notion. In addition, Stevie was living in the queasy time w
11、hich was entangled by World Wars and the first wave of feminism movement. In the background of that time, this devotional Anglican remained single in her whole life after two unsuccessful relationships and kept doing one secretary job for thirty years. By the end of fifties, many perplex reasons int
12、erweaved and resulted in her suicide. Although she attempted suicide but failed, it still aroused the question to the author of this thesis: Why did this gentle, quiet and student-like lady never forget the death note and attempt suicide in her fifties?Despite publishing three novels throughout her
13、life, Stevie never considered she was a novelist, but it was through fiction that she first achieved the literary fame that enabled her to publish her poems. During 1960s when Stevie Smith almost sixties years old, she began to win the belated attention and love of public. More readers became addicted to her poems in Britain and North America and her literary reputation had continued to grow after her death. However, for most Chinese readers, she is more like a myth. “Wh
