史蒂文斯一生纠缠在两个核心思想之中,一个是想象与真实的关系,另一个就是在一个无宗教信仰的世界中寻求秩序与意义。通常认为,史蒂文斯置身的是后宗教氛围,其诗的一个重要影响源是尼采。但是事情从来不会如此清晰了当。后宗教人,依然对于身与魂的提升怀有一种深层需要,这种提升在不同宗教中以不同名义为人们所经历——基督宗教称之为恩典,亦即,上帝的工作以感觉或知识向个体显现,由此将个体提升到一种狂喜的意识状态。在爱默生主 Stevens was entangled in two core ideas all his life, one is the relationship between imagination and reality, and the other is to seek order and meaning in a world without religions. Generally believed that Stevens exposure is post-religious atmosphere, one of the poems is Nietzsche. But things have never been so clear The post-religious people still have a deep need for the ascension of their bodies and their souls. Such ascension is experienced by people in different religions under different names - the Christian religion calls it grace, that is, the work of God regards feeling or knowledge Appear to the individual, thereby elevating the individual to an ecstatic state of consciousness. In Emerson Lord