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1、埃德加爱伦坡用恐怖来娱乐【关键词】爱伦坡;恐怖;娱乐I.Introduction A.EdgarAllanPoe’sCareerEdgarAllanPoewasborninBoston,MassachusettsonJanuary19,1809.HeisthesecondchildofDavidPoeandElizabethPoe,bothofwhomwereprofessionalactors. Lessthantwoyear’sold,Poe’sfatherdesertedthefamilyforsomere
2、asons,leavinghismotherandothertwochildren,andhismotherdiedoftuberculosisthefollowingyear.ThenPoewasadoptedbyJohnAllanwhowasasuccessfulmerchantinRichmond.Hischildhoodwasnotagoodmemorytohim,althoughhehadstudiedforfiveyearsinEnglandandwasgivenafineelementaryeduc
3、ation.In1826,heenteredtheUniversityofVirginiawherehestudiedwellandgotexcellentmarks,buthefellintolargedebtsbydrinkingandgamblingthathisstepfatherrefusedtopay.Asaresult,hehadtoterminatehiseducationcareer,whichmadehimbreakoffrelationswithJohnAllan,henceforthbeg
4、inninghisdriftinglife.Afterthat,inordertomakealiving,AllanPoejoinedthearmyintheMayof1827,wherehestayedfortwoyears.ThenhewenttotheWestPointAcademy,takingoneyear’scourse,buthedidn’tgetaccustomedtoitsseriouslifeandeventuallywasdischarged.Fromthenon,AllanPoeforma
5、llybeganhisliterarycareer,movingaroundRichmond,NewYorkandsomeotherplaces,creatingpoemsforperiodicalsandonceworkingasaneditorwithlowestpayjustforliving.Poe’sfirstloveendedwiththepreventionofthegirl’sfather.Later,in1835,AllanPoemarriedhiscousinVirginia.It’sPoe’
6、sprimetimeofhislifeandliterarycareerduringthetwelveyearsaftertheirmarriage.Mostofhisimportantworkswereproducedatthistime.However,itwasnotalongtimethathiswife’sdeathgavehimabigblowinspirit.Becauseofgriefathiswife’sdeath,hehadnomoodinwriting.Sointhefollowingtwo
7、years,hejustcorrectedonenovelhehadwritten5yearsagoexceptforfewpoemsandthesamefateonhispoorloveaffairs.OnOctober3,1849,PoediedofcongestionofbrainonaBaltimorestreet,endinghishardlife.B.AllanPoe’sWorksDuringAllanPoe’slifetime,hecreatedmanypoems,novelsandliterary
8、.Hisliterarycreationbeganwithpoetrywriting.Inall,hewrotemorethan50poems,mostofthemarepopular,likeToHelen,Raven,andtheCityintheSea.Asapoet,Poethoughtthatpoetryshouldonlyappealtothesenseofb