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Edgar Allan Poe Life experience Main works Historical position （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. 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. a 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. a 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 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. 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》 King Pest 《瘟疫王》 … 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》 … themes of his short stories death – predominant theme horror negative thoughts of science love - usually a mourning man for his deceased beloved. pride - physical and intellectual. beauty - a young woman either dying or dead. “Poe is not