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1、1831CRITICISMEdgarAllanPoePoe,EdgarAllan(1809-49)-Americanpoet,short-storywriter,andcriticwhoisbestknownforhistalesofratiocination,hisfantasticalhorrorstories,andhisgenre-foundingdetectivestories.Poe,whosecloudypersonallifeisavirtuallegend,consideredhimselfprimarilyapoet.Criticism(1831)-Av
2、olumeofPoesliterarycriticismincludingwritingsonDickens,Bryant,Longfellow,Hawthorne,andmore.TableOfContentsLETTERTOB___................2BRYANTSPOEMS..............20EXORDIUM.................40THEAMERICANDRAMA............55PREFACETOTHERAVENANDOTHERPOEMS....68THEPHILOSOPHYOFCOMPOSITION.......6
3、9THERATIONALEOFVERSE...........75THEPOETICPRINCIPLE............92LETTERTOB___ITHASbeensaidthatagoodcritiqueonapoemmaybewrittenbyonewhoisnopoethimself.This,accordingtoyourideaandmineofpoetry,Ifeeltobefalse-thelesspoeticalthecritic,thelessjustthecritique,andtheconverse.Onthisaccount,andbecau
4、setherearebutfewB___sintheworld,Iwouldbeasmuchashamedoftheworldsgoodopinionasproudofyourown.Anotherthanyourselfmighthereobserve,Shakespeareisinpossessionoftheworldsgoodopinion,andyetShakespeareisthegreatestofpoets.Itappearsthenthatastheworldjudgescorrectly,whyshouldyoubeashamedoftheirfavou
5、rablejudgment?Thedifficultyliesintheinterpretationofthewordjudgmentoropinion.Theopinionistheworlds,truly,butitmaybecalledtheirsasamanwouldcallabookhis,havingboughtit;hedidnotwritethebook,butitishis;theydidnotoriginatetheopinion,butitistheirs.Afool,forexample,thinksShakespeareagreatpoet-yet
6、thefoolhasneverreadShakespeare.Butthefoolsneighbor,whoisastephigherontheAndesofthemind,whosehead(thatistosay,hismoreexaltedthought)istoofarabovethefooltobeseenorunderstood,butwhosefeet(bywhichImeanhisevery-dayactions)aresufficientlyneartobediscerned,andbymeansofwhichthatsuperiorityisascert
7、ained,whichbutforthemwouldneverhavebeendiscovered-thisneighborassertsthatShakespeareisagreatpoetthefoolbelieveshim,anditishenceforwardhisopinion.Thisneighborsownopinionhas,inlikemanner,beenadoptedfromoneabovehim,andso,ascendingly,toafewgiftedindividualswhoknee
