美国文学史Chapter Seven.pptVIP

Chapter Seven Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) I. Literary Status Pioneer of American Horror Tales Pioneer of American Detective Tales Pioneer of American Southern writings Pioneer of American Psycho-Analytic fiction Editor, Poet and Professional literary critic II. Life and Career Born in an actor and actress’s family – his parents died when he was very small –adopted by a Virginia rich businessman John Allan – entered the Virginia University at 17 – West Point where he began to write poetry – then tales – editor of magazines such as The Southern Literary Messenger, Graham’s magazine, etc. at 27 he married his 13-year-old cousin Virginia who died very young in 1947 III. Edgar Allan Poe’s Works Tales Berenice The Black Cat The Cask of Amontillado The Fall of the House of Usher The Gold-Bug Hop-Frog Ligeia The Man of the Crowd The Masque of the Red Death The Murders in the Rue Morgue The Pit and the Pendulum The Purloined Letter The Tell-Tale Heart The Oblong Box The Premature Burial The Oval Portrait The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (1838)? The Balloon-Hoax (1844)? The Philosophy of Composition (1846)?– Essay Eureka: A Prose Poem (1848)?– Essay Poetry A Dream Within A Dream Annabel Lee The Bells The City in the Sea The Conqueror Worm Eldorado Lenore The Haunted Palace The Raven Ulalume“ IV. Controversial Comments on Poe Probably the most controversial and most misunderstood literary figure in American literary history Reasons: His scathing criticisms against Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Poe’s unique ideas and Rufus Griswold’s sullying Poe’s reputation Negative comments Emerson– “jingle man” Mark Twain – Poe’s unreadable Henry James – “enthusiasm for Poe is the mark of a decidedly primitive state of development” Positive comments A. T.S. Eliot (“a critic of the first rank”), Yvor Winters, Swinburne, Bernard Shaw, D. H. Lawrence, W.H. Auden B. Baudelaire, Mallarme, Valery; Marie Bonaparte’s biography V. Poe as a litera