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1、爱伦坡运用恐怖取娱【关键词】 爱伦?坡 恐怖 娱乐1.IntroductionEdgarAllanPoeisafamouspoet,shortstorywriterandliterarycriticofAmerica.HisshortstoryisGothic,whichishorror.Mostofhisworksconveythesupernaturalhorror,mysteriousdeath,brutalcrimeanddesolatefate.Heproposesthetheoryofartforart,andthepurposeof
2、hiswritingisjustforentertainmentnotfortruthofsomething.So,mostofhisstorieshavenothemes.Buthiscreationsofstoriesarethereflectionofhimself.Heusesthehorrorinhisworkstogetpsychologicalbalance,torelievehisfeelingandentertain (entertainhimselfandreaders).Thisthesisintendstoexploreway
3、sinwhichEdgarAllanPoeuseshorrortoentertaininhisstories.2.IntroductiontoEdgarAllanPoe2.1AllanPoe’sLifetimeEdgarAllanPoewasborninBoston,MassachusettsonJanuary19,1809inafamilyofwanderingtheaterplayers.Lessthantwoyearsold,Poe’sfatherleftthefamilyforsomereasons,leavinghismotherandot
4、hertwochildren,andhismotherdiedoftuberculosisthefollowingyear.Atthattime,Poewasnomorethanthreeyearsold.Then,JohnAllanwhowasatobaccoexporttraderinRichmondadoptedPoe.Hischildhoodwasnotagoodmemorytohim,althoughhehadstudiedforfiveyearsinEnglandandwasgivenafineelementaryeducation.In
5、1826,heenteredtheuniversityofVirginiawherehestudiedwellandmadeexcellentmarks,buthecontractedlargedebtsbydrinkingandgamblingthathisstepfatherAllanrefusedtopay.Asaresulthehadtoterminatehisuniversitycareerlessthanoneyear,andthisalsomadehisbreakingoffrelationswithJohnAllan,hencefor
6、thbeginninghisdriftlife.Afterthat,inordertomakeliving,AllanPoeenlistedinthearmyinMay1827,wherehestayedfortwoyears.NexthewenttotheWestPointAcademy,takingoneyear’scourse,buthedidn’tgetaccustomedtoitsseriouslifeandeventuallywasdischarged.Fromthenon,AllanPoeformallybeganhisliterary
7、career,runninginRichmond,NewYorkandsomeotherplaces,publishingpoemsonperiodicalsandoncetakingasaneditorwithlowestpayjustenoughforliving.Poe’sfirstloveendedwiththegirl’sfather’sintervention.Later,in1835,AllanPoemarriedhiscousinVirginia,whowasonlythirteen,butPoewas27yearsold.It’sP
8、oe’sprimetimeofhislifeandliterarycareerduringtwelveyea
