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Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) 一、Comments on Poe 1)He is a novelist, poet and critic. 2)He is the most controversial and most misunderstood literary figure in the history of American literature. 3)He enjoyed respect and welcome in Europe. 4)The majority of critics have recognized him as a great writer of fiction, a poet of the first rank, and a critic of acumen and insight. 5)He is the father of modern short story 6)He is the father of psychoanalytic criticism. 7)He is good at writing Gothic and detective fiction. He is the father of western detective stories. 8)His aesthetics has influenced such French symbolists and advocates for“art for art’s sake”as Baudelaire; 二、Poe worked in a variety of genres (1827-1849) 1）Criticism--he gained a national reputation as a virulently sarcastic critic, a literary hatchet man. The bulk of his writing consists of his criticism, and his most abiding ambition was to become a powerful critic. 2）Poetry--He was an experimental poet. 3）Psychological fiction--He wanted to produce the greatest possible horrific effects on the reader. 4）Detective Story--Poe created this form when he was 32, will all its major conventions complete. 三、Works Tales of the Grotesque and the Arabesque 《奇异怪诞故事集》、MS. Found in a Bottle 《瓶中手稿》、The Murders in the Rue Morgue《毛格街杀人案》、The Fall of the House of Usher《厄舍古屋的倒塌》、The Cask of Amontillado《一桶酒的故事》、The Tell-Tale Heart 《泄密的心》、Black Cat《黑猫》、The Gold Bug《金甲虫》、 The Masque of the Red Death《红色死亡的化妆舞会》、The Raven《乌鸦》、Israfel 《伊斯拉菲尔》、Annabel Lee 《安娜贝尔?李》、To Helen 《致海伦》、Sonnet – To Science 《十四行诗--致科学》、The Poetic Principle 《诗歌原理》 、The Philosophy of Composition 《创作哲学》 四、 Major Themes Poe’s works 1. Love - usually of a mourning man for his deceased beloved. The Raven—乌鸦 2. Pride - physical and intellectual. 3. Beauty - of a young woman either dying or dead. Annabel Lee 4. Death - a source of horror. Poes Four Types of Short Stories 1）. Arabesque - strange; use of the supernatural; symbolic fantasies of the human condition; (E