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TheLibidofortheUgly

byHenryL.MenckenParagraph6Thereasonswhytheylovesuchuglyhouse.

Isitbecausetheyareignorant?MainideaThewritertriestotracethesourceofugliness.RhetoricalquestionforeffectArethehousesofrightfullyuglybecausethevalleyisinhabitedbyalotofforeignerswhoarestupidandunfeelinglikeanimalsAndwhohavenoloveandbeautyinthem?

Itisincrediblethatmereignoranceshouldhaveachievedsuchmasterpiecesofhorror.Masterpieces:noonecouldbuildworsehousesSarcasmandironyItishardtobelievethatpeoplebuiltsuchhorriblehousesjustbecausetheydidnotknowwhatbeautifulhouseswerelike.BorderuponBeverymuchlikeTheproposalbordersupontheabsurd該提議似乎荒唐可笑Save:except除什么之外Youwill,infact,findnothingofthesortinEurope–saveperhapsinthemoreputridpartsofEnglandMainideaofPara.7Reasonfortheugliness:libidofortheuglyFiguresofspeech(Para.7)Antithesis--oncertainlevelsoftheAmericarace,indeed,thereseemstobeapositivelibidofortheugly,asonotherandlessChristianlevelsthereisalibidoforthebeautiful.

paraphraseLibidofortheugly–libidoforthebeautiful

---Peopleincertainstrata(socialclassesordivision)ofAmericansocietyseemdefinitelytohungerafteruglythins,whichinotherlessChristianstrata,peopleseemtolongforthinsbeautiful.putdownto

---statethatsomethingiscausedbysomething(attributeto)歸因于Iputhisbadtemperdowntohisrecentillness.

ItisimpossibletoputdownthewallpaperthatdefacestheaverageAmericahomeofthelowermiddleclasstomereinadvertence,ortotheobscenehumorofthemanufactures.

絕不能將破壞一般美國(guó)中下層階級(jí)家庭裝飾美感的墻紙，歸咎于選購(gòu)者的疏忽大意，也不能歸咎于制造商的有傷風(fēng)化的玩笑。

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andpoetryofEdgarA.GuestDogmatic:characterizedarrogantassertionofunprovedprinciples教條的Theology:aparticularsystemofreligiousBeliefsandteachingsEdgarAlbertGuest

BornAugust20,1881)

Birmingham,EnglandDiedAugust5,1959)

Detroit,MichiganaEnglish-bornnewspaperpoet,verypopular,widelyreadthroughoutNorthAmerica(40years),