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Edgar Allan Poe 埃德加·爱伦·坡 Life Experience a miserable childhood was adopted by John Allan entered the University but didn’t finish went to West Point but was dismissed at 27 he married his 13-year-old cousin her death in 1847 left him a bitterer life died in mysterious circumstances, in 1849 Major Works Famous American poet, short-story writer, and literary critic 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 1) As a perceptive critic, he wrote some scathing criticisms on distinguished literary figures. 2) His literary executor sullied his reputation after his death. Reasons for Misunderstanding Style 1) He was good at generalizing. 2) His style was traditional. 3) He insisted on an even metrical flow in versification. Literary features of Poe Motifs of Poe’s poems and stories: Love Beauty (supernatual beauty) Death (often of a woman, a lover) Terror Neurotic disorder The Raven (1844) Poems made Poe famous as a poet symbol of his dark doubts and frustrated longing TO HELEN Helen, thy beauty is to meLike those Nicean barks of yore,That gently, oer a perfumed sea,The weary, wayworn wanderer boreTo his own native shore. On desperate seas long wont to roam,Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face,Thy Naiad airs have brought me homeTo the glory that was GreeceAnd the grandeur that was Rome. Lo! in yon brilliant window-niche How statue-like I see thee stand, The agate lamp within thy hand! Ah, Psyche, from the regions which Are Holy Land! 致海伦 海伦，你的美貌于我似远古尼西亚人的帆船，轻轻飘过芬芳的海面，让旅途劳顿的游子，回到他故乡的岸边。 在漂泊已久、波涛汹涌的海上，你风信子般的头发、古典的脸庞，和尼厄神般的风采已带我回家乡，回到罗马曾经的伟大，和希腊曾经的荣光。 看哪！壁龛似的明亮窗户里， 我看见你站着，多像尊雕像， 一盏玛瑙的灯你拿在手上！ 塞姬女神哪，神圣的土地 才是你家乡！ 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