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1、LiteraryGiant:EdgarAllenPoe
2、第1...RalpharkTesfeltthatatasteforhisarkofasecond-ratesensibility.AccordingtoT.S.Eliot,"theformsentalitydelights."Afternoticeslikethose,mostreputationsaginations.In1959,RichardsoNormal>EdgarPoeembersofatouringtheatricalpany.Eclipsedbyhismorefamousisingcareer
3、ruinedbyalcoholism,Poe'sfatherdesertedthefamilyond,Virginia,Poe'smotherbecameillanddiedonDecember8,1811,attheageoftaintaincontactilies.EdgarbecametheerchantinRichmond,andhisallyadoptedbythem,Poeregardedthecouple,especiallyMrs.Allan,asparents,andhetooktheirsurnameashisoiddlename.In1815
4、,businessreasonsledAllantomovetoEnglandforondafterthefamily'sreturn,Poeies.In1825,hebecamesecretlyengagedtoagirlnamedElmiraRoyster.Theengagement,opposedbybothfamilies,al>In1826,PoeenteredtheUniversityofVirginia,neerPresidentThomasJefferson.Hedistinguishedhimselfasastudent,buthealsotoo
5、ktodrinking,andheamassedgamblingdebtsof$2,000,asignificantamountofmoneyatthetime,ondinMarch1827andsailedtoBoston,y(underthenameEdgarA.Perry,andclaimingtobefouryearsolderthanhisactualageofeighteen)andpublishedapamphletcalledTamerlaneandOtherPoems,ongthemosthighlyprizeditemsintherare-bo
6、okmarket;oneaccidentallydiscoveredcopy,boughtforadollar,ilitarycareeroresuccessfully.Aftertotedtosergeantmajor,thehighestnonmissionedrank.Heenttoayof1830,butchafedundertheregimenand,afterdeliberatelymissingclasses,roll-calls,andpulsorychapelattendance,al>In1829,Poehadpublishedasecondc
7、ollectionofverse,oreattentionthanitspredecessor.Athirdvolume,fundedthroughcontributionsfromfelloongitscontentsotherofonehisRichmondschoolmates.Poereferredtoheras"thefirst,purelyidealloveofmysoul."Alsoin1831,Poeore,ovedinm,hisfather'ssister,ostdeeplydevotedofhisseveralmother-figures,an
8、dhereight-year-olddaughterVirginia.ItoreSaturdayVisiter(sic),"andthefirstprizeinfictionfor"MS.FoundinaBottle."In1834,thepublicationof"TheVisionary"inGodey'sLady'sBookmarkedthefirsttimethathisfictionappearedinamagazineofmorethanlocalcirculation.FrancesAllanhaddiedinFebruary1829,andJohn
9、Allan
