It's almost as if the entire point of a pastoral is that it is set in a world that neither the urbane poet nor the urbane reader has actually any real experience with.

似乎田园诗的全部意义就在于它的背景设在田园,而不管是都市诗人还是都市读者,都没有任何实际的田园经历。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Are we the kind of reader who is interested in the real persons?

我们是否对真实的人物感兴趣？

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选