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themes of his short stories
death
– predominant theme
“Poe is not interested in anything alive. Everything in Poe’s writings is dead.”
horror negative
King Pest 《瘟疫王》
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Detective story
Thou
Art the Man《你就是凶手》 The Purloined Letter 《被窃之信》 The Mystery of Marie Roget 《玛丽· 罗杰疑案》 The Murders in the Rue Morgue《莫格街谋杀案》 The Gold-Bug《金甲虫 》 The Oblong Box《长方形箱子》
versatile and productive
Historical position
He is one of the most famous American poets, fictionists and literature critics. He is one of the forefathers of detective story, science fiction , horror fiction, and the master of short Gothic story . He has profound influence on many writers such as Conan Doyle(柯南· 道尔)Edogawa Ranho(江户 川乱步） and so on .

Edgar Allan Poe
Life experience II. Main works III. Historical position
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（1809～1849）
Life experience


a miserable childhood
born in Boston in 1809; both parents died within two years after his birth; taken by a wealthy merchant but they never formally adopted him.
Gothic story
The Fall of the House of Usher《厄舍古厦的倒塌》 The Angel of the Odd《奇怪天使》 The Devil in the Belfry《钟楼魔影》 The Masque of the Red Death 《红死病的假面舞会》 The Oval Portrait 《椭圆形画像》 The Man That Was Used Up《被用光的人》
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bitter and mysterious death
collapsed from stress and was also in poor health after losing his wife in 1847; died in 1849 with some uncertain reasons.
short and tragic
Main Works

Gothic story （歌特式小说） Detective story Poetry


Hale Waihona Puke The Gothic novel, or “Gothic romance” flourished through the early nineteenth century. Authors of such novels set their stories in the medieval period, often in a gloomy castle, and made plentiful use of ghosts, mysterious disappearances, and other sensational and supernatural occurrences.
thoughts of science love - usually a mourning man for his deceased beloved. pride - physical and intellectual. beauty - a young woman either dying or dead.
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struggling career
became an editor of Southern Literary Messenger in 1833 but lost the position because of excessive drinking and an inability to meet deadlines; managed to regain the job in 1835 but later drifted for several years as editors in different magazines; remained poor all his life and could barely make a living.
Poetry
Helen 《致海伦》 To One in Paradise《致乐园中的一位》 The Sleeper《睡美》 The Valley of Unrest《不安的山谷》 The City in the Sea《海中之城》 Silence, a Sonnet《十四行诗——静》 The Raven《乌鸦》
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Poe’s theories for poetry
short
but achieve maximum effect. produce a feeling of beauty in the reader. ―pure‖, not to moralize. He stresses rhythm and insists on an even metrical flow.


an unhappy youth
went to the University of Virginia in 1826 but did not finish; an appointment to West Point in 1830 but was dismissed less than a year later.