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1、爱.伦坡的死亡观在《乌鸦》中的体现【关键词】埃德加?爱伦?坡；死亡观；乌鸦；美Ⅰ.IntroductionEdgarAllanPoe (1809--1849)isoneofthemostcontroversialliteraryfiguresinAmericanhistory.Foralongtimeafterhisdeath,Poedidn'tgettherecognitionhedeserved,buthistalentsinliteraturehasbeengraduallyrediscoveredandappreciatedbynow.Co
2、ntemporarycriticsconsiderhimasapioneeringaestheticianandpsychologicalinvestigator,andhisreputationwiththereadingpublicismoresecuredthanthatofanyothermajorAmericanwriterofhistime.ManycriticshaveexpressedtheiramazementregardingtherelativepaucityofPoe’spoeticoutputinrelationtohis
3、statusasagreatpoet.T.S.Eliotoncenoted, “Hewroteveryfewpoems,andofthosefewonlyhalfadozenhavehadagreatsuccess:butthosefewareaswellknowntoaslargeanumberofpeople,areaswellrememberedbyeverybody,asanypoemseverwritten.”1OfallthepoemsmanyagreethatTheRavenisPoe’sfinestpoems.EversinceTh
4、eRavenwasfirstpublishedon29thJanuary1845,inN.P.Willis’s “NewYorkEveningMirror”,itbringsPoenationalandinternationalfame.Inthepoem,thefirstpersonnarratorconfinesinhischamberandtrytoeasehispainforhislostloveLenorewitholdbooksofforgottenlore.Weakandweary,heisnearlynapping.Thenhehe
5、arsatappingonthedoorandthenonthewindowlattice,whichbringsthenarratorbothfearandamoodofexpectancy.Whenheopenstheshutter,thebirdofill-omen,astatelyravenstepsinandperchesonthebustofPallas,whichisthegoddessofwisdominGreekmythology.Whenthenarratorisconfrontingtheravenandtakesitasas
6、peaker,heasksquestionsaboutthedestinyofhisdeadloveLenorebutisfrustratedbythesingle-wordresponse: “Nevermore”,whichdrivesthenarrator’smoodtopermanentdespair.EdgarAllanPoeillustrateshisviewondeathandpoetryin “ThePoeticPrinciple”.Heputshistheoryintopracticeinhispoems.Thisthesista
7、kesTheRavenasanexample,explainsthispoemindetailfromtheprospectsofphoneticelementsandimageryelements,whichreflecthispoeticprinciple.Inthisway,readerscanwitnessPoe'screationof “deathofbeauty”andfullyappreciatehisaestheticprinciples.ThedeathofbeautyrevealsPoe’sinfiniteinspiration
8、,andthroughwhichhemakes,theperfectcombinationofdeathandbeauty
