Edgar Allan Poe 埃德加 爱伦 坡

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1、EdgarAllanPoe(1809-1849)一、CommentsonPoe1)Heisanovelist,poetandcritic.2)HeisthemostcontroversialandmostmisunderstoodliteraryfigureinthehistoryofAmericanliterature.3)HeenjoyedrespectandwelcomeinEurope.4)Themajorityofcriticshaverecognizedhimasagreatwriteroffiction,

2、apoetofthefirstrank,andacriticofacumenandinsight.5)Heisthefatherofmodernshortstory6)Heisthefatherofpsychoanalyticcriticism.7)HeisgoodatwritingGothicanddetectivefiction.Heisthefatherofwesterndetectivestories.8)HisaestheticshasinfluencedsuchFrenchsymbolistsandadvo

3、catesfor“artforart’ssake”asBaudelaire;二、Poeworkedinavarietyofgenres(1827-1849)1）Criticism--hegainedanationalreputationasavirulentlysarcasticcritic,aliteraryhatchetman.Thebulkofhiswritingconsistsofhiscriticism,andhismostabidingambitionwastobecomeapowerfulcritic.2

4、）Poetry--Hewasanexperimentalpoet.3）Psychologicalfiction--Hewantedtoproducethegreatestpossiblehorrificeffectsonthereader.4）DetectiveStory--Poecreatedthisformwhenhewas32,willallitsmajorconventionscomplete.三、WorksTalesoftheGrotesqueandtheArabesque《奇异怪诞故事集》、MS.Found

5、inaBottle《瓶中手稿》、TheMurdersintheRueMorgue《毛格街杀人案》、TheFalloftheHouseofUsher《厄舍古屋的倒塌》、TheCaskofAmontillado《一桶酒的故事》、TheTell-TaleHeart《泄密的心》、BlackCat《黑猫》、TheGoldBug《金甲虫》、TheMasqueoftheRedDeath《红色死亡的化妆舞会》、TheRaven《乌鸦》、Israfel《伊斯拉菲尔》、AnnabelLee《安娜贝尔•李》、ToHelen《致海伦》、Son

6、net–ToScience《十四行诗--致科学》、ThePoeticPrinciple《诗歌原理》、ThePhilosophyofComposition《创作哲学》四、MajorThemesPoe’sworks1.Love-usuallyofamourningmanforhisdeceasedbeloved.TheRaven—乌鸦2.Pride-physicalandintellectual.3.Beauty-ofayoungwomaneitherdyingordead.AnnabelLee4.Death-asourc

7、eofhorror.五、TheoryonPoemsA.Brevity:Poemsshouldbeshort,conciseandreadableatonesitting.B.Beauty:Theaimofpoemwritingisbeauty;themostbeautifulthingdescribedbyapoemisthedeathofabeautifulwoman;thedesirabletoneofapoemismelancholy.（Themelancholyisthemostlegitimateofallp

8、oetictones;thedeathofabeautifulwomanisthemostpoetictopicintheworld.）C.Purity:Poeisopposedtotheheresyofthedidacticandcalledforpurepoetry.D.Heopposeddidacticpoems.E.Hes