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Click to edit Master title style,Click to edit Master text styles,Second level,Third level,Fourth level,Fifth level,*,Edgar Allan Poe,(1809-1849),Edgar Allan Poe(1809-1849),The famous American,writer,editor,poet,critic,.,The Symbolic forerunner,the pioneer of short novel,.,the creator of Ratiocinative novel,.His,theme,in works mainly deal with,death,murder and revenge.,Background information,His family:Poe lost both of his parent when he was very small and take care of by John Allan,the man failed offer him a happy life at all.(par 2;p104),His career:Poe wrote and worded as editor in most of his life,such as The Southern literary Messenger,Burtons Gentlemans Magazine,etc.(par 1;line1;p105),Economic condition:Poe was poor all his life.,His marital status:At the age of 27,he married his thirteen-year-old cousin,維吉尼亞,伊莉莎,克萊姆,坡,Poe married his thirteen-year-old cousin,Virginia,Clemm,.Her early death may have inspired some of his writing.,His major works,Poe first book of poetry appeared in 1827(when he was 17);second in1829;thired in 1831.(par 2;line 7;p104),In 1838 he published his one full-length novel,The,Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym,(par2 p104),His poem“The Reven”(1844),was an immediate success.(par 2;p104),Other works:,Other works,Tales,黑猫,（,The Black Cat,）,阿蒙特拉多酒桶,（,The Cask of Amontillado,）,大漩渦歷險記,（,A Descent Into The Maelstrom,）,The Facts in the Case of M.,Valdemar,阿夏家之傾倒,（,The Fall of the House of Usher,）,金甲虫,（,The Gold-Bug,）,莉姬亞,（,Ligeia,）,紅死神的面具,（,The Masque of the Red Death,）,莫爾格街兇殺案,（,The Murders in the Rue Morgue,）,橢圓畫像,（,The Oval Portrait,）,陷坑与钟摆,（,The Pit and the Pendulum,）,活葬,（,The Premature Burial,）,失竊的信函,（,Purloined Letter,）,The System of Doctor,Tarr,and Professor,Fether,告密的心,（,The Tell-Tale Heart,）,威廉,威爾逊,（,William Wilson,）,Poem,艾爾,阿拉夫,（,Al,Aaraaf,）,安娜贝尔,李,（,Annabel Lee,）,钟声,（,The Bells,）,海中之城,（,The City in the Sea,）,The Conqueror Worm,A Dream Within A Dream,Eldorado,Eulalie,The Haunted Palace,致海伦,（,To Helen,）,Lenore,帖木尔,（,Tamerlane,）,乌鸦,（,The Raven,）,尤娜路姆,（,Ulalume,Other works,Politian(1835),愛倫,坡唯一一部戲劇作品,The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket(1838),愛倫,坡唯一一部完整的小說,The Balloon-Hoax(1844),報章記者的,惡作劇,，以真實事件之名刊登,创作哲学,（,The Philosophy of Composition,）,(1846),评论,Eureka:A Prose Poem(1848),评论,诗歌原理,（,The Poetic Principle,）,(1848),评论,The Light-House(1849),愛倫,坡最後一部未完成的作品,HIS writing technique,style,On poem,he says,should be short,readable at one sitting;the chief aim is beauty,namely,to produce a feeling of beauty to reader.He oppose to“the heresy of didactic”and calls for“pure”poetry.(par 2;p106),He stress rhythm,defines true poetry as“the rhythmical creation of beauty”(par 1;p 107),In addition,Poe insists on an even metrical flow in versification.(par2;p108),On short story,he says,must be of such length as to be read at one sitting(brevity),so as to ensure the total of impression.The very first sentence ought to help to bring out the“single effect”of the story,No words should be used which does not contribute to the“pre-established”design of the work.(par2;p11o),Besides,he immensely interested in deduction and induction.(par2;p113),Poes status,influence in literal history,As a critic Poe was perceptive,but he was not given a satisfactory account in his country at that time,because wrote some scathing criticisms on such distinguished New England literary celebrities as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and incurred the wrath of his contemporaries.(par2;p105),Ironically,he was enjoyed respect and welcome in Europe.And his works was said“exquisitely refined”;“complete works of art”;“Poe isnt much in America,must become a great man in France”(par1;p106),Poes position in word literature is secure.His influence is world-wide in modern literature.(par3;p11d)He was the first author in American literature to make the neurotic the heroic figure.(par1;p112)His popularity has been on the increase in the last half-century.Poe relationship to Chinese literature is not insignificant.The modern Chinese masters like Lu,Xun,and,Guo,Mo-,ruo,all felt his presence on the Chinese literary scene of the early decades of this century:They read and commented upon his works.(par1;p115),Printable Page,Points of interest,This plaque marks the approximate location where Edgar Poe was born in Boston,Massachusetts.,The cover of his famous poem,The,Reven,The cover of short story Black cat.,Poe spent the last few years of his life in a small cottage in Bronx,New York.,Poe is buried in,Baltimore,Maryland.The,circumstances and cause of his death remain uncertain.,The framework of this class,Poes background,information,His major,works,Poes writing technique and,style,Statue,influence in literature,For more detailed information,please log on:,Wikipedia or,WWW.A,VOA,(For Fans of,Adgar,Allan Poe,a happy 2ooth birthday),Thanks for your attention!,Elements Page,Delete this page when template is finished,