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Lecture 2 Edgar Allan Poe 埃德加·爱伦·坡
The Rocky Mountains
❖Long Tales
▪ The Gold-Bug (1843) ▪ Hans Phaall (1850) ▪ The Murders In The Rue Morgue (1841) ▪ The Mystery Of Marie Roget --- A Sequel To
About the man…
Married life…
In 1836 Edgar married his young cousin, Virginia Clemm.
She died in 1847. They had no children.
❖In his latter years, Poe was interested in several women. They included the poetess, Mrs. Sarah Helen Whitman, Mrs. Charles Richmond, and the widow, Mrs. Sarah Elmira Shelton, whom he had known in his boyhood as Miss Royster.
His famous poetry
❖ Alone ❖The City In the Sea Sleeper ❖ Lenore ❖ The Valley of Unrest ❖ The Haunted Palace ❖ The Raven ❖To Helen ❖Annabel Lee ❖ The Conqueror Worm ❖ Ulalume ❖A Valentine ❖ Eldorado
❖As Edgar grew older, he became involved in drinking and gambling. He was discharged from the Army for his neglect of duty. John Allan was so disappointed with Edgar, he cut him off and never had contact again.
Edgar Allan Poe 介绍PPT课件
but in what way it is said. (form is superior to content) 7.stresses musical quality of verse and defines true poetry as
“rhythmical creation of beauty.”
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Bruce bulls(安布鲁斯·布尔斯) and Howard Phillips Lovecraft（洛夫 克拉夫特 ）as the most famous three horror fictionists .
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Poe is a great writer of fiction, a poet of the first rank, and a critic of insight
a short story writer
his tales are "complete works of art"
a poet
his poetry is “exquisitely refined“( 精致优雅)
a critic
"the greatest journalistic critic of
“rhythmical creation of beauty.”
阿尼兊斯特英国文学史纲detectivestory10gothicstoryreddeath红死病的假面舞会ovalportrait椭囿形画像usedup被用光的人kingpest瘟疫王11detectivestorythouarturloinedletter被窃之信marieroget玛丽罗杰疑案ruemorgue莫格街谋杀案oblongbox长方形箱子12poetryhelen致海伦13iiihistoricalpositionmostfamousamericanpoetsfictionistsliteraturecritics
Bruce bulls(安布鲁斯·布尔斯) and Howard Phillips Lovecraft（洛夫 克拉夫特 ）as the most famous three horror fictionists .
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Poe is a great writer of fiction, a poet of the first rank, and a critic of insight
a short story writer
his tales are "complete works of art"
a poet
his poetry is “exquisitely refined“( 精致优雅)
a critic
"the greatest journalistic critic of
高一英美文学爱伦坡乌鸦EdgarAllenoeandheRavenPPT课件
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Introduction
a miserable childhood
was adopted
entered the University
by John Allan
but didn’t finish
went to West Point but
an unhappy
was dismissed
relationship
Ratiocination（推理）
“The Murders in the Rue Morgue” 《莫格街谋杀案》
“The Gold Bug”《金甲虫》
“The Purloined Letter”《被窃的信
件“》The Mystery of Marie Roget” 《玛丽罗杰谜
案》
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works
at 27 he married his 13-year-old cousin
her death in 1847 left him a bitterer life
died in mysterious circumstance s, in 1849
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Introduction
a villain with no virtue
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western stories;
criticism;
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Important Points
• 1. Poe’s major works. • 2. Poe’s literary characteristics
and achievements
Literary theory
The Philosophy of Composition 《创作原理》 The Poetic Principle 《诗歌原则》
Introduction
a miserable childhood
was adopted
entered the University
by John Allan
but didn’t finish
went to West Point but
an unhappy
was dismissed
relationship
Ratiocination（推理）
“The Murders in the Rue Morgue” 《莫格街谋杀案》
“The Gold Bug”《金甲虫》
“The Purloined Letter”《被窃的信
件“》The Mystery of Marie Roget” 《玛丽罗杰谜
案》
10
works
at 27 he married his 13-year-old cousin
her death in 1847 left him a bitterer life
died in mysterious circumstance s, in 1849
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Introduction
a villain with no virtue
Cps. yfacthhoearnoaflfdyatetitcheecrtiovfe
western stories;
criticism;
3
Important Points
• 1. Poe’s major works. • 2. Poe’s literary characteristics
and achievements
Literary theory
The Philosophy of Composition 《创作原理》 The Poetic Principle 《诗歌原则》
Edgar Allan Poe 英语专业教学课件
2) Life
• Famous American Poet, short-story writer and critic.
• Poe’s childhood was a miserable one. He lost both of his parents when still very small. His parents were actors.
《乌鸦》 《伊斯拉菲尔》
《致海伦 》ቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱ
《安娜贝尔• 李》
《诗歌原理》 k) The Poetic Principle l) The Philosophy of Composition
《创作 哲学》
His theory on poems
• Poem should be short , concise and readable at one sitting;
• Poe’s reputation was first made in France. Charles Baudelaire said that “Edgar Poe, who isn’t much in America, must become a great man in France.”
Poe’s theories on Fiction
• A good fiction should only tells one event, which can be finished once.
• Fiction should stimulate readers and impress them deeply. It should have a consistent effect throughout the whole text.
美国文学课件(Poe)
• As a verse narrative, the poem is characterized by its dramatic variation of tone, which starts from mournfulness, and then progresses to trepidation and jocularity, and eventually to despair by way of hysterical self-torture. • In spite of its completeness of plot as a verse narrative, it is also characterized by its highly symbolic trait, which frequently leaves the reader with a feeling that it is difficult to read, because of its lack of adequate suggestions of certain meanings.
• 1827, a volume of poems Tamerlane and Other Poems was published in Boston • 1829, Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems, • 1831, Poems. • an editor first with The Southern Literary Messenger, later with such magazines as Graham’s and the Broadway Journal. • His marriage in 1835 to his first cousin, Virginia Clemn, deepened his financial difficulties. • 1839, “The Fall of the House of Usher” published in Burton’s Gentleman’s Magazine
爱伦坡及其诗歌赏析--Ellen-PoePPT课件
刚才我正睡意昏昏，而你来敲门又那么 轻，
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哦，我清楚地记得那是在萧瑟的十二 月；
每一团奄奄一息的余烬都形成阴影伏在地 板。
我当时真盼望翌日；——因为我已经枉费 心机
想用书来消除悲哀——消除因失去丽诺尔 的悲叹—— 因那被天使叫作丽诺尔的少女，她美丽娇 艳—— 在这儿却默默无闻，直至永远。
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2. The function of poetry is not to summarize and interpret earthly experience, but to create a mood in which the soul soars toward supernal beauty. The basic tone is melancholy.
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维琴妮亚用温柔与爱启示爱伦坡写成了很多最优美 的诗句，其中就有那篇不朽的名诗《乌鸦》。这首 诗爱伦坡写了又写，改了又改，足足花费了十年的 时间，可是仅卖了十块钱。这件事立刻在当地传为 最大的笑话，爱伦坡成为了公认的弱智与无能之辈。 许多人都为自己能够识别出一个白痴而骄傲，感觉 自己与相中良马的伯乐一样出色(但是他们犯了最大 的错误，今天这首诗的原稿已售价数万美元)。
据研究侦探小说的专家霍华德海克雷夫特认为这个杜宾也是坡的自我理想化身因为他自幼聪颖异常处处想表现自己的优越所以就把杜宾写成具有超人智力观察入微料事如神的理想人物为了衬托他的了不起又借一个对他无限钦佩相形见拙的朋友来叙述他的事迹此外还写了一个头脑愚钝动机虽好而屡犯错误的警探作为对比
Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849)
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哦，我清楚地记得那是在萧瑟的十二 月；
每一团奄奄一息的余烬都形成阴影伏在地 板。
我当时真盼望翌日；——因为我已经枉费 心机
想用书来消除悲哀——消除因失去丽诺尔 的悲叹—— 因那被天使叫作丽诺尔的少女，她美丽娇 艳—— 在这儿却默默无闻，直至永远。
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维琴妮亚用温柔与爱启示爱伦坡写成了很多最优美 的诗句，其中就有那篇不朽的名诗《乌鸦》。这首 诗爱伦坡写了又写，改了又改，足足花费了十年的 时间，可是仅卖了十块钱。这件事立刻在当地传为 最大的笑话，爱伦坡成为了公认的弱智与无能之辈。 许多人都为自己能够识别出一个白痴而骄傲，感觉 自己与相中良马的伯乐一样出色(但是他们犯了最大 的错误，今天这首诗的原稿已售价数万美元)。
据研究侦探小说的专家霍华德海克雷夫特认为这个杜宾也是坡的自我理想化身因为他自幼聪颖异常处处想表现自己的优越所以就把杜宾写成具有超人智力观察入微料事如神的理想人物为了衬托他的了不起又借一个对他无限钦佩相形见拙的朋友来叙述他的事迹此外还写了一个头脑愚钝动机虽好而屡犯错误的警探作为对比
Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849)
edgar allan poe 爱伦坡简介 ppt课件
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym (1838)
《亚瑟.戈登.皮姆的故事》
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A: poetry
made Poe famous as a poet
1 The Raven (1844) 《乌鸦》
2 Annabel Lee 《安娜贝尔丽》 3 The Sleeper 《睡美人》
An unhappy youth: at 17 went to the University of Virginia but did not finish, an appointment to West Point but was dismissed （fired）less than a year later
15 The Masque of the Red Death
《红色死亡的化妆舞会》
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C: Literary theory
The Poetic Principle <诗歌原理> The Philosophy of Composition
<创作哲学> Review of Twice-Told Tales
edgar allan poe 爱伦坡简介 ppt课件
A poet, short story writer, and literary critic
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Poe’s mother
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Edgar Allan Poe（1809—
1849）埃德加.爱伦.坡
Part I. Life Experience Part II. Major Works Part III.Literary Position Part IV.Appreciation Part ments on Poe
《亚瑟.戈登.皮姆的故事》
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A: poetry
made Poe famous as a poet
1 The Raven (1844) 《乌鸦》
2 Annabel Lee 《安娜贝尔丽》 3 The Sleeper 《睡美人》
An unhappy youth: at 17 went to the University of Virginia but did not finish, an appointment to West Point but was dismissed （fired）less than a year later
15 The Masque of the Red Death
《红色死亡的化妆舞会》
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厄舍古厦的陷落 Page 10
C: Literary theory
The Poetic Principle <诗歌原理> The Philosophy of Composition
<创作哲学> Review of Twice-Told Tales
edgar allan poe 爱伦坡简介 ppt课件
A poet, short story writer, and literary critic
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Poe’s mother
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Edgar Allan Poe（1809—
1849）埃德加.爱伦.坡
Part I. Life Experience Part II. Major Works Part III.Literary Position Part IV.Appreciation Part ments on Poe
Ellan Poe课件
Theme Under the traditional Shakespearean sonnet structure, Poe expresses nontraditional accusations of science. It is spoken through the vision of a passionate man mourning the slaughter of mythology, fantasy, art by its alleged arch enemy, Science. Science is portrayed as evil and words like “preyest,” “Vulture,” and “torn” are used to describe science’s impact on mankind. Poe does not see science and scientific development as a good thing, rather he feels that science “alterest all things with thy peering eyes.” This vision of science grows stronger and appears in virtually all of Poe’s later tales and stories.
● Theories for short stories ◆ The short story must be of such length as to be read at one sitting (brevity, so as to ensure the totality of impression. ◆ The very first sentence ought to help bring out the “single effect” of the story. A tale should reveal some logical truth with “the fullest satisfaction,” and should end with the last sentence, leaving a sense of finality with the reader. ◆ In theme Poe anticipates twentieth-century literature in his treatment of the disintegration of the self in a world of T. S. Eliot’s “nothingness” and Hemingway’s “nada”. ◆ He was immensely interested in deduction and induction. (P110-114)
美国文学欣赏Edgar_Allan_Poe(课堂PPT)
• Not accepted before French symbolists like Charles Pierre Baudelaire (1821-1867) and Mallarmé.
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In America
• Emerson: “the jingle man” (noisy)
• Mark Twain: His prose is unreadable.
musical effect of words themselves) • Negligence of so-called truth and social, political and
moral suggestions • “Pure poetry” or “pure art” • Unity of effect and atmosphere; content in service of
• Most controversial and misunderstood in America • Well received in Europe, England, Spain, esp. in France • Literary output:
some seventy short stories and a dozen poems • A: Poems • B: Short stories • C: literary theory • D: one full-length novel:
Edgar Allan Poe 坡
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Edgar Allan Poe
（1809—1849）埃德加.爱伦.坡
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In America
• Emerson: “the jingle man” (noisy)
• Mark Twain: His prose is unreadable.
musical effect of words themselves) • Negligence of so-called truth and social, political and
moral suggestions • “Pure poetry” or “pure art” • Unity of effect and atmosphere; content in service of
• Most controversial and misunderstood in America • Well received in Europe, England, Spain, esp. in France • Literary output:
some seventy short stories and a dozen poems • A: Poems • B: Short stories • C: literary theory • D: one full-length novel:
Edgar Allan Poe 坡
(1809—1849)
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E.A. Poe (1809—1849)
Poe’s mother
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Edgar Allan Poe
（1809—1849）埃德加.爱伦.坡
11-3美国文学课件Poe
Evaluation
Poe remained the most controversial and most misunderstood literary figure in the history of American literature. Emerson dismissed him in three words “the jingle man” (打油诗人 ，Mark Twain declared 打油诗人)， 打油诗人 his prose to be unreadable. And Whitman was the only famous literary figure present at the Poe Memorial Ceremony(公祭仪式 in 1875. 公祭仪式) 公祭仪式 Today, Poe’s particular power has ensured his position among the greatest writers of the world.
致海伦
海伦， 海伦，你惊世之美浮现在我眼里 犹如那昔时尼西恩的三桅船 那样优雅地徐徐驶过芬芳之海 风尘仆仆、 风尘仆仆、疲惫不堪的流浪者们 争先恐后地登上自己家乡的港岸 早已习惯在绝望的大海上久久徘徊 你风信子般的秀发， 你风信子般的秀发，你绝美的脸庞 你水中女神似的抒情调终于带我回家 光荣属于西腊 崇高属于罗马 瞧！在那辉煌的窗口里 我看见你静静伫立如同塑像 手持玛瑙制作的灯 啊，心灵之女神 来自耶鲁撒冷圣城
He wrote all kinds of literary productions. Among his works, poems and short stories are more famous. (1) Poems
美国文学欣赏Edgar_Allan_Poe PPT
• An unhappy youth: at 17 went to the University of Virginia but did not finish, an appointment to West Point but was dismissed less than a year later
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His position
Poe’s position in world literature is secure. His influence is world-wide in modern literature. His aesthetics and conscious craftsmanship, his attack on “the heresy of the didactic” and his call for “the rhythmical creation of beauty” have influenced French symbolism and the devotees of “art for art’s sake”. Poe is father of many things, one of which is psychoanalytic criticism, the other being the detective story.
Part II. Poe’s literary position
– Forerunner of western decadent literature – Forerunner of aesthetic literature – Explorer of abnormal psychology – Father of psychoanalytic criticism – Path-breaker of American detective novel – Father of modern short story
edgar allan poe 爱伦坡简介 ppt课件.ppt
service of artistic effect
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Themes in Poe’s works
Death—predominant theme in Poe’s writing “Poe is not interested in anything alive. Everything in Poe’s writings is dead.”
Edgar Allan Poe 爱伦·坡
(1809—1849)
杜亚芳
A poet, short story writer, and literary critic
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Poe’s mother
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Edgar Allan Poe（1809—
1849）埃德加.爱伦.坡
Part I. Life Experience Part II. Major Works Part III.Literary Position Part IV.Appreciation Part ments on Poe
Horror；Hidden evil: Unspeakable, mysterious crimes, including incest and parricide
Maniacal Laughter（crazy） The discovered manuscript
gives responsibility to someone else Deformity（畸形）
【希腊神话】林木女神
月亮女神
【希腊、罗马神话】 那伊阿得(掌管河、泉 的水泽女神)
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Part ments on Poe
Emerson dismissed him in three words “the jingle man” (打油诗人)，Mark Twain declared his prose to be unreadable. And Whitman was the only famous literary figure present at the Poe Memorial Ceremony in 1875.
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Themes in Poe’s works
Death—predominant theme in Poe’s writing “Poe is not interested in anything alive. Everything in Poe’s writings is dead.”
Edgar Allan Poe 爱伦·坡
(1809—1849)
杜亚芳
A poet, short story writer, and literary critic
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Poe’s mother
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Edgar Allan Poe（1809—
1849）埃德加.爱伦.坡
Part I. Life Experience Part II. Major Works Part III.Literary Position Part IV.Appreciation Part ments on Poe
Horror；Hidden evil: Unspeakable, mysterious crimes, including incest and parricide
Maniacal Laughter（crazy） The discovered manuscript
gives responsibility to someone else Deformity（畸形）
【希腊神话】林木女神
月亮女神
【希腊、罗马神话】 那伊阿得(掌管河、泉 的水泽女神)
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Part ments on Poe
Emerson dismissed him in three words “the jingle man” (打油诗人)，Mark Twain declared his prose to be unreadable. And Whitman was the only famous literary figure present at the Poe Memorial Ceremony in 1875.
Edgar_Allan_Poe-课件
V. Poe’s Theories for the Short Story: a. The short story should be so brief as to be read at one sitting. b. The first sentence ought to help to bring out the “single effect” of the story. c. No word should be used which does not contribute to the work. d. A tale should reveal some logical truth, and should end with the last sentence, leaving a sense of finality with the reader.
Edgar Allen Poe (1809-1849)
Teaching Objectives: Know something about the life and major works of Edgar Allen Poe; Understand the definition of Gothic Novel; Know something about Poe’s theory on short story; Know something about Poe’s poems; Analyze The Fall of the House of Usher
Annabel Lee
Annabel Lee is the last poem Poe wrote, is an idealized account of his wife, Virginia Glemn, who died in 1847.
《美国文学》课件十二
"The Raven"
• Poe offered his own poem "The Raven" as an illustration of his poetical theory. • It is about 100 lines, perfectly readable at one sitting. A sense of melancholy over the death of a beloved beautiful young woman pervades the whole poem: the portrayal of a young man grieving for his lost Lenore, his grief being turned to madness under the steady one-word repetition of the talking bird introduced right at the beginning of the poem:
"The Raven"
• And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting, • On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; • And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, • And the lamp-light o'ver him streaming throws his shadow on the floor; • And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor • Shall be lifted--nevermore!
Edgar-Allan-Poe演讲PPT (1)
May 27 Poe can't support himself so he joins the United States Army and quickly rises in the
ranks.
1829 Mrs. Allen Dies of TB
Apr 15 Poe enters the Military academy of West Point
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
1841
This creates a new genre called a detective story. A story where the Main character uses reasoning to solve crimes that seemed impossible. This story featured a monkey that murdered people with a straight razor.
This is his first published book of poems.
Al Aaraaf 1829
This is the longest poem that Edgar has ever written and it is based on stories from the Qur'an. It tells of the afterlife in the place called Al Aaraaf. Poe had used this poem in later years to trick a group who thought that good art was made currently and not in the past.
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• An unhappy youth: at 17 went to the University of Virginia but did not finish, an appointment to West Point but was dismissed less than a year later
– Forerunner of western decadent literature – Forerunner of aesthetic literature – Explorer of abnormal psychology – Father of psychoanalytic criticism – Path-breaker of American detective novel – Father of modern short story
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His position
Poe’s position in world literature is secure. His influence is world-wide in modern literature. His aesthetics and conscious craftsmanship, his attack on “the heresy of the didactic” and his call for “the rhythmical creation of beauty” have influenced French symbolism and the devotees of “art for art’s sake”. Poe is father of many things, one of which is psychoanalytic criticism, the other being the detective story.
musical effect of words themselves) • Negligence of so-called truth and social, political and
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Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
“我经常沉湎杯中物，但喝 酒并没使我感到半点儿乐 趣。我不惜生命和名声， 不顾理智，一味喝酒，并 非追求乐趣，而是竭力逃 避令人痛苦的回忆，逃避 无法忍受的孤寂，逃避迫 在眼前的大限。”
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• A bitter and mysterious death: in 1847, wife died of tuberculosis, in 1849, died in mysterious circumstances
This daguerreotype of Poe was taken in 1848 when he was 39, a year before his death
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Life Experience
• A miserable childhood: born in Boston, both parents died within two years after his birth, taken into the home of John Allan in Virginia, had an unhappy relationship with his foster father
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Edgar Allan Poe
• Poe’s literary contribution
– Aestheticism
• Principle of beauty • Principle of unity and concentration • Careful choice of diction for desired effect (the
• A struggling life: in 1833, became an editor of
Southern Literary Messenger in Richmond, lost
the position because of excessive drinking and an
inability to meet deadlines, managed to regain the
job in 1835, at 27, married his 13 year-old cousin,
Virginia Clemm, drifted for several years as
editors in different magazines but remained poor
all his life
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Life Experience
a miserable childhood
entered the University but didn’t finish went to West Point but was dismissed
at 27 he married his 13-year-old cousin
was adopted by John Allan
an unhappy
relationship
her death in 1847 left him a bitterer life
died in mysterious circumstances, in 1849
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Part II. Poe’s literary position
Edgar Allan Poe 坡
(1809—1849)
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E.A. Poe (1809—1849)
Poe’s mother
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Edgar Allan Poe
（1809—1849）埃德加.爱伦.坡
• Part I. Life Experience • Part II Literary Position • Part III. Major Works • Part IV. Point of View • Part V. Style • Part VI. Appreciation
• An unhappy youth: at 17 went to the University of Virginia but did not finish, an appointment to West Point but was dismissed less than a year later
– Forerunner of western decadent literature – Forerunner of aesthetic literature – Explorer of abnormal psychology – Father of psychoanalytic criticism – Path-breaker of American detective novel – Father of modern short story
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His position
Poe’s position in world literature is secure. His influence is world-wide in modern literature. His aesthetics and conscious craftsmanship, his attack on “the heresy of the didactic” and his call for “the rhythmical creation of beauty” have influenced French symbolism and the devotees of “art for art’s sake”. Poe is father of many things, one of which is psychoanalytic criticism, the other being the detective story.
musical effect of words themselves) • Negligence of so-called truth and social, political and
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Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
“我经常沉湎杯中物，但喝 酒并没使我感到半点儿乐 趣。我不惜生命和名声， 不顾理智，一味喝酒，并 非追求乐趣，而是竭力逃 避令人痛苦的回忆，逃避 无法忍受的孤寂，逃避迫 在眼前的大限。”
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• A bitter and mysterious death: in 1847, wife died of tuberculosis, in 1849, died in mysterious circumstances
This daguerreotype of Poe was taken in 1848 when he was 39, a year before his death
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Life Experience
• A miserable childhood: born in Boston, both parents died within two years after his birth, taken into the home of John Allan in Virginia, had an unhappy relationship with his foster father
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Edgar Allan Poe
• Poe’s literary contribution
– Aestheticism
• Principle of beauty • Principle of unity and concentration • Careful choice of diction for desired effect (the
• A struggling life: in 1833, became an editor of
Southern Literary Messenger in Richmond, lost
the position because of excessive drinking and an
inability to meet deadlines, managed to regain the
job in 1835, at 27, married his 13 year-old cousin,
Virginia Clemm, drifted for several years as
editors in different magazines but remained poor
all his life
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Life Experience
a miserable childhood
entered the University but didn’t finish went to West Point but was dismissed
at 27 he married his 13-year-old cousin
was adopted by John Allan
an unhappy
relationship
her death in 1847 left him a bitterer life
died in mysterious circumstances, in 1849
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Part II. Poe’s literary position
Edgar Allan Poe 坡
(1809—1849)
1ห้องสมุดไป่ตู้
E.A. Poe (1809—1849)
Poe’s mother
2
Edgar Allan Poe
（1809—1849）埃德加.爱伦.坡
• Part I. Life Experience • Part II Literary Position • Part III. Major Works • Part IV. Point of View • Part V. Style • Part VI. Appreciation