简介:"TheEgg",whichisregardedasmostdeservingtobeplaced"amongthegreatstoriesoftheworld"(Howe168),issurelythebestexampleofSherwoodAnderson’sshortfictions,ofwhichthethemeisaccuratelysummarizedbyYaoxinChanginhisASurveyofAmericanLiterature:
Two Satirical Elements in Anderson’s "The Egg"