美国文学-Edgar-Allan-Poe.ppt

Edgar Allan Poe Chapter 7 Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) Poe’s literary position Forerunner of western decadent literature Forerunner of aestheticistic literature Explorer of abnormal psychology Father of psychoanalytic criticism Path-breaker of American detective novel Father of modern short story List of Poe’s Works Tales of the Grotesque and the Arabesque 《奇异怪诞故事集》 “MS. Found in a Bottle” 《瓶子里发现的手稿》 “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” 《毛格街杀人案》 “The Fall of the House of Usher” 《厄舍古屋的倒塌》 “The Masque of the Red Death” 《红色死亡的化妆舞会》 “The Cask of Amontillado” 《一桶酒的故事》 “The Raven” 《乌鸦》 “Israfel” 《伊斯拉菲尔》 “Annabel Lee” 《安娜贝尔?李》 “To Helen” 《致海伦》 The Poetic Principle 《诗歌原理》 The Philosophy of Composition 《创作哲学》 Reading Poetry The Raven Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weakry.Over many a quint and curious volume of forgotten lore.While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,As of some one rapping, rapping at my chamber door.Tis some visitor, I muttered, tapping at my chamber door— Only this, and nothing more.” Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December,And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.Eagerly I wished the morrow; -vainly I had tried to borrowFrom my books surcease of sorrow-sorrow for the lost Lenore-For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore- Nameless here for evermore And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain Thrilled me-filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before;So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door-Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door;- This i