Edgar Allan Poe

19thpoet/novelist/critic

Life

Born in 1809/David Poe ,Elizabeth Arnold/two years old, taken in to the home of John Allan 1815/ went to London /learnt law in University of Virginia/1827/Tamerlane and Other PoemsWest Point after enlistment/discharged in 1831/editor in Southern Literary Messenger in 1833/quit in 1837 /1843/ the Gold -BugGraham‘s Magazine and Burton's Gentlemen's Magazine/died in 1849

WorksPoems:致海伦   To Helen乌鸦   The Raven安娜贝尔 ·李   Annabel Lee钟   The Bells

Drama:Politian

WorksShort stories: Metzengerstein《梅岑格施泰因 》MS.Found in a Bottle《瓶中手稿》The Gold-Bug《金甲虫》William Wilson《威廉 ·   威尔逊 》The Murders in the Rue Morgue《莫尔格街凶杀案》The Black Cat《黑猫 》 

Father of Detective novelThe Murders in the Rue Morgue《莫尔格街凶杀案》The Mystery of Marie Roget《玛丽 ·罗杰奇案》Purloined Letter《失窃的信》The Gold-Bug《金甲虫》Thou Art the Man《你就是那人》

Edgar Allan Poe

• William Yeats (When you are old): "vulgar".

• Emerson: "the jingle man".

• The Mystery Writers of America have named their awards as the Edgar Award (the mystery genre)

• He and his works often appear in popular culture such as literature, music, film & TV series. (The Raven)

• Dark romanticism/ horror/ satires/ humor tales/ hoaxes(恶作剧 )/ detective story/ science fiction

• Theme• Death

The Genre of Poe’s Work

Gothic

• Castle, darkroom, a haunted house, storm, moonlight

• The hero/heroin/ suffering/ solitary, fear, anxiety, despair.

Symbolism

• Pioneer/ the gothic component of Romanticism/ against naturalism and realism/ in favor of spirituality, the imagination, and dreams.

• Black Cat• Pluto and the New Cat---narrator’s conscience• The coincidence that the cats are black---the

evils (black/ black cat/ Pluto)

Poe Toaster

• Non-official nickname/ Poe's grave annually from 1949/ a toast of cognac/ three roses/ last appearance/ January 19, 2009/ Poe's bicentennial/ appeared as a character in books & media.

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