20世纪伴随资本主义经济的发展,人类出现信仰危机、道德沦丧的神性失落现象。在康拉德小说《间谍》的伦敦城市文学书写中表现了神性失落问题,它集中呈现在维尔洛克先生的店铺、海德公园的一角、大使馆驻地三个城市空间之中。伦敦城建过程中出现的城市与反城市现象、康拉德特殊的伦敦体验是促成《间谍》小说表现神性失落的深刻原由。
With the development of capitalist economy in 20th Century,phenomenon of Devine absence like belief crisis and moral decay appeared.Conrad’s the Secret Agent vividly exhibit this problem in Lon-don writing by describing three places:from poor dirty grocery store,to the corner of green Hyder Park and the embassy district.The emergence of urban and anti-urban phenomenon in the construction of Lon-don,plus Conrad’s special experience of London are the profound reasons to exhibiting Devine absence in the Secret Agent.