Abstract W. E. B. Du Bois frequently wrote lists of books that he recommended others to read. One of the most intriguing of these lists occurs in his 1911 novel The Quest of the Silver Fleece. As the hero Bles scans the bookshelf of the heroine Zora, he notes six works or collections of works by name: Plato’s Republic, Gorky’s Comrades, an encyclopedia of agriculture, Balzac’s novels, Spencer’s First Principles, and Tennyson’s poetry. This essay briefly examines these works and the possible significance of each in the light of Du Bois’s ideas, such as the doctrine of the “Talented Tenth,” the need for intraracial solidarity among African Americans, Pan-Africanism, and others, as well as the role that the ideas of each of these works may play in the wider context of the novel. Each seems to be representative of some significant aspect of the communal agricultural philosophy of Zora, which, in turn, reflects some of the foundational philosophical commitments of Du Bois himself.

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WEB Du bois 的《银羊毛的探索》中佐拉的书架

摘要 WEB Du Bois 经常写一些他推荐其他人阅读的书单。这些名单中最有趣的一份出现在他 1911 年的小说《银羊毛的探索》中。当英雄布莱斯扫视女主人公佐拉的书架时，他注意到了六部作品或作品集的名字：柏拉图的共和国、高尔基的同志、农业百科全书、巴尔扎克的小说、斯宾塞的第一原则和丁尼生的诗歌。本文根据杜波依斯的思想，例如“天才十人”的学说、非裔美国人之间的种族内部团结的必要性、泛非主义等，以及杜波依斯的思想，简要地考察了这些作品以及每部作品的可能意义。这些作品的思想在小说的更广泛的背景下可能扮演的角色。