Members of the CEA will recall the discussion started by Mr. Henry Canby and carried on in these columns over the desirability of English courses exclusively devoted to contemporary literature. In the course of that argument it was pointed out that much writing of the moment is experimental, and that the author himself is testing devices and techniques which later may be abandoned. Miss Willa Cather, who has been overburdened by letters from strangers, especially teachers and students, asking her judgment on literary matters, may have had her burden made heavier as a result of her contribution to this argument in last December’s News Letter. Yet she graciously permits us to reprint the following paragraphs from a letter to a friend which will serve to illustrate her own experimental attitude in one of her books. Ed.

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文学实验：卷。2、1940年10月第6期

CEA 的成员会记得由 Henry Canby 先生发起并在这些专栏中进行的关于专门针对当代文学的英语课程的可取性的讨论。在争论的过程中，有人指出，当时的许多写作都是实验性的，作者本人正在测试以后可能会被放弃的设备和技术。Willa Cather 小姐被陌生人，尤其是老师和学生的来信，询问她对文学问题的判断，让她负担过重，可能因为她在去年 12 月的新闻信中对这一论点的贡献而加重了她的负担。然而，她慷慨地允许我们从一封写给朋友的信中转载以下段落，这将有助于在她的一本书中说明她自己的实验态度。埃德。