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Edgar Allan Poe爱伦·坡 (1809—1849) 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 V.Comments on Poe This daguerreotype（photo） of Poe was taken in 1848 when he was 39,a year before his death Part I. 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（弗吉尼亚州）, had an unhappy relationship with his foster father 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 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 A bitter and mysterious death: in 1847, wife died of tuberculosis（肺结核）, in 1849, died in mysterious circumstances Part II. Poe’s Major Works A: Poetry B: Short stories C: Literary theory D:one full-length novel: The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym (1838) 《亚瑟.戈登.皮姆的故事》 A: poetry 1 The Raven (1844) 《乌鸦》 2 Annabel Lee 《安娜贝尔丽》 3 The Sleeper 《睡美人》 4 A Dream Within a Dream 《梦中梦》 5 Israfel　《伊斯拉菲尔》 6 The Bells 《钟》 7 Sonnet – To Science 《十四行诗--致科学》 8 To Helen 《献给海伦》 9 The City in the Sea 《海中的城市》 B: Short stories 1 MS. Found in a Bottle (1833) 《瓶中手稿》 2 Tales of the Grotesque and the Arabesque (1839) 《荒诞奇异的故事》 3 The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1841) 《毛格街血案》 4 The Fall of the House of Usher 　　　《厄舍古屋的倒塌》 5 The Cask of Amontillado 　　《一桶白葡萄酒》 6 Ligeia 　　　《丽姬亚》 7 The Purloined Letter 《窃信案》 8 The Man of the Crowd 　《人群中的人》 9 The Tell