Chapter 59 Poet Novelist Edgar Allan Poe

Poet Novelist Edgar Allan Poe In the history of American literature in the nineteenth century, Edgar Allan Poe is an outstanding figure, but also A rare example: there are not many works written down, but the quality is extremely high, leaving a great impact, Also more famous abroad than in his own country.Of course, America still loves to read Edgar Allan Poe today. works, but he is more respected in France. Edgar Allan Poe, born in 1809, was born on January nineteenth.due to birth A poor life, tormented by poverty, disease, and frustration, he lived but died at the age of forty.literary life

It is not long, and there are not many works left behind, but his literary activities are various. A limited number of works, including lyric poems, short stories, and literary criticism, are of all quality top notch. Edgar Allan Poe's life suffered misfortune from the very beginning.He was born in Boston, USA, His father was an entertainer, his parents died when he was three years old, and he became an orphan. Tobacco merchants adopted him as a foster son.The "Ellen" on his name so far is the surname of his adoptive father Shi.This Mr. Ellen was a staid businessman who, although he treated Poe well, did not like

I like the character of this kid.Because Poe inherited his biological father's wandering blood, he grew up He likes to live a bohemian life, and likes to gamble and drink.Edgar Allan Poe at the age of seventeen He was admitted to the University of Virginia. Although he was very smart, he didn't like homework in school. The school continued to live a life of drinking and gambling, and owed a lot of debts, so within a year he was forced to Dropped out.After leaving school, his adoptive father asked him to practice business, and Poe refused to continue his life. Living in such a restrained life, he resolutely broke away from Mr. Ellen's family relationship, and went outside alone to pursue a career.

pregnancy.He had already learned to write poetry in school, and at this time he decided to make a living by writing manuscripts. This decision was extremely important for Poe, because he began to formally literary writing life.This was the year 1827, the year in which he published at his own expense A small collection of poems: Tamarang and Others.Our young poet is not signed, the author is "A Bostonian".Not to mention the literary value of this small collection of poems, only this thin A forty-page booklet is currently selling for 30,000 U.S. dollars in the rare book market in the United States.

book.This is an auction record for previous years.But even if you have money, you may not be able to buy Edgar Allan Poe The first collection of poems in this first edition, because there are only seven or eight volumes left in total. After Edgar Allan Poe left his adoptive father's family, he moved to live with one of his aunts.exist During this period, two major events happened in his personal life. One was falling in love with his little cousin Wei. Chenia, the other is that the income from writing manuscripts is not enough to make ends meet. He once enlisted in the army and relied on

He paid "food and salary" to subsidize his life, and later applied for the West Point Military Academy more rashly, but he couldn't get used to that kind of strictness. In less than half a year, he was expelled for disobeying school rules.Edgar Allan Poe I made a living by writing with all my heart, and no longer planned to engage in other occupations. The love between him and his little cousin Virginia was the greatest happiness in Edgar Allan Poe's short life. It is also the greatest tragedy.When he married Virginia, she was only thirteen years old, for Being under the legal age, he had to lie in front of the priest who witnessed the marriage.This cousin can be said to be

A rare and virtuous little wife, but her health is not good.They married in 1837, Since Edgar Allan Poe's income is not much, he has been living a poor life, and Edgar Allan Poe is addicted to alcohol By nature, this virtuous wife has to maintain the family while taking care of her husband, and her body is often damaged. Suffering, suffering from tuberculosis, from 1842 hemoptysis continued, and in 1847 he passed away. passed away.In the last few years of her illness, Poe, although quite famous in the American literary world, But only by publishing short stories and reviews in newspapers and periodicals, I can make a living there.winter

There was no fuel at home, and Virginia, who was sick and lying on the bed, was shivering in her husband's old coat. I can only hold a cat raised at home in my arms to keep warm, and I have tasted the bitterness of a poor and humble couple. During the short ten years of loving and married life, due to the torment of poverty and illness, life and death were destroyed. It was naturally a great blow to Poe, so he couldn't survive and struggled Two years later, in October 1849, he himself died.During these last two years, Poe He drowned his sorrows in alcohol every day, and lived an almost half-crazy life.But before he died

A mourning poem was left behind: "Annabelle Lee", which commemorates Virginia, is a A masterpiece of lyric poetry, many people still can't help crying for him after reading it. Edgar Allan Poe's lyric poems, except for "Annabel Lee", longer works, also There is a more famous "Great Crow", and most of them are short poems.In fiction, he never wrote a long All of them are short stories, there are more than 70 articles in total, some of which are fantasies analyzing psychological changes. Some of the stories are short detective stories that hunt for novelty and horror, among which are "The Gold Beetle", "The Death of Asa's Family", etc.

"Falling", "The Red Mask", "Murder at the Autopsy Street" and other articles, in the description Written and structured, it is a masterpiece of short fiction.Before Edgar Allan Poe, Nobody Was Like Him In that way, a fragment is cut out from the whole life for others to see.Edgar Allan Poe's short stories use But this is the method, and this is the path followed by all the good short story writers of modern times. Therefore, Edgar Allan Poe is honored as "the father of short stories" by critics.Maupassant, Chekhov, The novels of Hemingway and others are all based on this method.

Although the number of short detective stories he wrote is very small, the method of reasoning and analysis used is No one had tried it before him, and all good detective novels still use the His structural layout method, so many people think that modern detective novels are also derived from Edgar Allan Poe. just started.Sir Conan Doyle, the famous modern author of Sherlock Holmes, also admitted that he His works once obtained valuable inspiration from Edgar Allan Poe. There are two collections of literary criticism written by Edgar Allan Poe, "Principles of Poetry" and "Philosophy of Creation". He is also highly accomplished in literary criticism.Although he is a lyric poet, but in "creation In "Philosophy", he was able to use objective reason to analyze his own "Great Crow", which spoke out in detail. The detailed creative process, and advocated that writing poetry should never be based on inspiration alone, but must be intellectually developed beforehand. Careful preparation.His poetic theory has deeply influenced the French symbolism literature.great poet wave Terrell is an avid reader of his works and once translated his works.Modern French Imagist Poetry Fan Lexi, the famous "On Poetry" written by him, also partly retells Edgar Allan Poe's "The Origin of Poetry" Opinions in Theory.