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1、1841ADESCENTINTOTHEMAELSTROMEdgarAllanPoePoe,EdgarAllan(1809-49)-Americanpoet,short-storywriter,andcriticwhoisbestknownforhistalesofratiocination,hisfantasticalhorrorstories,andhisgenre-foundingdetectivestories.Poe,whosecloudypersonallifeisavirtuallegend,consideredhimselfpr
2、imarilyapoet.DescentintotheMaelstrom(1841)Ataleoftheseathatdealswiththeterrifyingexperiencesofmenonashipduringahurricane.ADESCENTINTOTHEMAELSTROMThewaysofGodinNature,asinProvidence,arenotasourways;norarethemodelsthatweframeanywaycommensuratetothevastness,profundity,andunsea
3、rchablenessofHisworks,whichhaveadepthinthemgreaterthanthewellofDemocritus.JosephGlanville.WEhadnowreachedthesummitoftheloftiestcrag.Forsomeminutestheoldmanseemedtoomuchexhaustedtospeak.“Notlongago,”saidheatlength,“andIcouldhaveguidedyouonthisrouteaswellastheyoungestofmysons
4、;but,aboutthreeyearspast,therehappenedtomeaneventsuchasneverhappenedbeforetomortalman—oratleastsuchasnomaneversurvivedtotellof—andthesixhoursofdeadlyterrorwhichIthenenduredhavebrokenmeupbodyandsoul.Yousupposemeaveryoldman—butIamnot.Ittooklessthanasingledaytochangethesehairs
5、fromajettyblacktowhite,toweakenmylimbs,andtounstringmynerves,sothatItrembleattheleastexertion,andamfrightenedatashadow.DoyouknowIcanscarcelylookoverthislittlecliffwithoutgettinggiddy?”The“littlecliff,”uponwhoseedgehehadsocarelesslythrownhimselfdowntorestthattheweightierport
6、ionofhisbodyhungoverit,whilehewasonlykeptfromfallingbythetenureofhiselbowonitsextremeandslipperyedge—this“littlecliff”arose,asheerunobstructedprecipiceofblackshiningrock,somefifteenorsixteenhundredfeetfromtheworldofcragsbeneathus.Nothingwouldhavetemptedmetowithinhalfadozeny
7、ardsofitsbrink.IntruthsodeeplywasIexcitedbytheperilouspositionofmycompanion,thatIfellatfulllengthupontheground,clungtotheshrubsaroundme,anddarednotevenglanceupwardatthesky—whileIstruggledinvaintodivestmyselfoftheideathattheveryfoundationsofthemountainwereindangerfromthefury
8、ofthewinds.ItwaslongbeforeIcouldreasonmyselfintosufficientcouragetositupandlookout
