这里介绍的《列那狐》(Reynard the Fox)不是法国中世纪那组民间动物故事,而是英国桂冠诗人约翰·梅斯菲尔德(John Masefield,1878—1967)于1919年所发表的一部长诗。梅斯菲尔德的作品曾红极一时,后因现代派文学兴起而使人感到落伍与过于简单。其实他有些作品还是值得一读的,特别是写海洋的短诗与 The Reynard the Fox, described here, is not a story of the medieval French medieval folk but a 1919 long poem written by British laureate poet John Masefield (1878-1967). Meshfield’s works have been very popular, but later because of the rise of modern literature, people feel outdated and overly simple. In fact, some of his works are still worth reading, especially the short poems written by the sea