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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《奇異怪誕故事集》、MS.Found
5、inaBottle《瓶中手稿》、TheMurdersintheRueMorgue《毛格街殺人案》、TheFalloftheHouseofUsher《厄舍古屋的倒塌》、TheCaskofAmontillado《一桶酒的故事》、TheTell-TaleHeart《泄密的心》、BlackCat《黑貓》、TheGoldBug《金甲蟲(chóng)》、TheMasqueoftheRedDeath《紅色死亡的化妝舞會(huì)》、TheRaven《烏鴉》、Israfel《伊斯拉菲爾》、AnnabelLee《安娜貝爾?李》、ToHelen《致海倫》、Son
6、net–ToScience《十四行詩(shī)--致科學(xué)》、ThePoeticPrinciple《詩(shī)歌原理》、ThePhilosophyofComposition《創(chuàng)作哲學(xué)》四、MajorThemesPoe’sworks1.Love-usuallyofamourningmanforhisdeceasedbeloved.TheRaven—烏鴉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