About Allan Poe 關(guān)于愛倫·坡
Edgar Allan Poe was an American author, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective-fiction genre. He is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. He was the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career.
He was born as Edgar Poe in Boston, Massachusetts; he was orphaned young when his mother died shortly after his father abandoned the family. Poe was taken in by John and Frances Allan, of Richmond, Virginia, but they never formally adopted him. He attended the University of Virginia for one semester but left due to lack of money. After enlisting in the Army and later failing as an officer's cadet at West Point, Poe parted ways with the Allans. His publishing career began humbly, with an anonymous collection of poems, Tamerlane and Other Poems (1827), credited only to "a Bostonian".
Poe switched his focus to prose and spent the next several years working for literary journals and periodicals, becoming known for his own style of literary criticism. His work forced him to move between several cities, including Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York City. In Baltimore in 1835, he married Virginia Clemm, his 13-year-old cousin. In January 1845 Poe published his poem "The Raven" to instant success. His wife died of tuberculosis two years after its publication. He began planning to produce his own journal, The Penn (later renamed The Stylus), though he died before it could be produced. On October 7, 1849, at age 40, Poe died in Baltimore; the cause of his death is unknown and has been variously attributed to alcohol, brain congestion, cholera, drugs, heart disease, rabies, suicide, tuberculosis, and other agents.
Poe and his works influenced literature in the United States and around the world, as well as in specialized fields, such as cosmology and cryptography. Poe and his work appear throughout popular culture in literature, music, films, and television. A number of his homes are dedicated museums today.
在他短短一生寫下的不少作品中,文學(xué)評論是很重要的一部分。當時文壇上,除了詹姆斯·羅塞爾·洛威爾之外,幾乎無人可與抗衡。洛威爾一向不輕易贊揚別人,卻把坡譽為"最有見識、最富哲理的大無畏評論家"。當代文學(xué)評論家埃德蒙·威爾遜也稱"坡的文學(xué)評論確實是美國文壇上空前的杰作"。他一向主張"為藝術(shù)而藝術(shù)"。他的藝術(shù)主張幾乎貫穿于他的所有作品中,包括詩歌、短篇小說和論文。在這些作品中,他聲稱"一切藝術(shù)的目的是娛樂,不是真理。"他認為"在詩歌中只有創(chuàng)造美--超凡絕塵的美才是引起樂趣的正當途徑。音樂是詩歌不可缺少的成分,對詩人力求表現(xiàn)超凡絕塵的美尤其重要。而在故事寫作方面,藝術(shù)家就不妨力圖制造驚險、恐怖和強烈情感的效果。而且每篇作品都應(yīng)該收到一種效果。"他一生寫了六七十篇短篇小說,雖然只寫了四五篇推理小說,但是舉世公認為推理小說的鼻祖。
Edgar Allan Poe is a poet ahead of his time.
埃德加·愛倫·坡是一位走在時代前列的詩人。
Edgar Allan Poe died in the city of Baltimore in 1849.
1849年,埃德加·愛倫·坡在巴爾的摩市去世。
Edgar Allan Poe made great contribution to horror fiction.
愛倫·坡對恐怖小說作出了極大貢獻。
"Annabel Lee" is the last complete poem composed by Edgar Allan Poe.
《安娜貝爾·李》是埃德加·愛倫·坡所做的最后一首完整詩篇。
In Gothic literature, Edgar Allan Poe's works occupy a high position.
在哥特式文學(xué)中,愛倫·坡的作品占有極高的地位。
Edgar Allan Poe is one of the greatest writers in American literary history.
埃德加·愛倫·坡是美國文學(xué)史上最偉大的作家之一。
Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most misunderstood among America's major writers.
愛倫·坡是爭議最多的美國作家之一。
Jeff Jerome is the curator of the Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum.
杰夫·杰羅姆是愛倫·坡博物館的館長。
Edgar Allan Poe is considered the father of the modern detective novel.
愛倫·坡被人們稱之為現(xiàn)代偵探小說之父。
"But to-morrow I die, to-day I would release my soul." was a sentence in the Black Cat written by Edgar Allan Poe.
"即使明天死去,今天我也要釋放靈魂。"這是埃德加·愛倫·坡在《黑貓》中一句話。
Through all his Edgar Allan Poe produced many stories, poems, and works of criticism.
在愛倫·坡創(chuàng)作的巔峰時期,他寫了許多小說、詩歌以及文學(xué)批評文章。
Edgar Allan Poe once said that a single "very little book" could"revolutionize human thought".
愛倫·坡說過,一本"小書"能"徹底改變?nèi)祟惖乃枷?quot;。
The American genius writer Edgar Allan Poe undoubtedly was a great forerunner.
美國天才作家埃德加·愛倫·坡無疑是一位偉大的先行者。
In fact, Edgarpo is to the French almost another person Edgar Allan Poe, as the English-speaking world knows him.
事實上,法國人心目中的埃德加·坡和英語世界的愛倫·坡迥然不同。
Every year about two thousand people visit Edgar Allan Poe's grave at the Westminster Hall and Burying Ground in Baltimore.
每年,都有兩千多人到愛倫·坡位于威斯敏斯特大廳和巴爾的摩墓地的墳?zāi)谷ゼo念他。
Edgar Allan Poe wrote stories and poems of mystery and terror, insanity and death.
愛倫·坡創(chuàng)作了許多有關(guān)神秘、恐怖、精神錯亂及死亡的短篇小說和詩歌。
Poe's life was short and seemingly unhappy.
坡的一生短暫而且還不幸福。
Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, Edgar Allan Poe, Shelly, and Whistler were all expelled from school at one point.
阿爾伯特·愛因斯坦、托馬斯·愛迪生、埃德加·愛倫·坡、雪萊、惠斯勒等都曾被學(xué)校開除。
Durbin described by Edgar Allan Poe is an amateur detective.
愛倫·坡筆下的杜賓是一個業(yè)余偵探。
The award is named for Poe's most famous work.
這個獎項以坡最著名的作品命名。
Edgar Allan Poe was involved in an endless search for truth in all his works.
愛倫·坡是一位終其一生孜孜追求真理的美國浪漫主義作家。
Edgar Allan Poe is also remembered for the kind of literature known as detective fiction.
愛倫·坡還因他的偵探小說而受到人們的懷念。
This book collects poems, short stories, letters and critical essays on Edgar Allan Poe.
本書收錄并解讀了愛倫·坡的部分詩歌、小說、書信和評論。
In Edgar Allan Poe's short story, his incredible story the Fall of the House of Usher has the ingenious structure and layout of the ghastly terrorist atmosphere and thrilling.
在愛倫·坡的短篇小說中,他那讓人難以置信的故事《厄舍古廈的倒塌》,具有巧妙的結(jié)構(gòu)、令人戰(zhàn)栗的恐怖人物形象和毛骨悚然的氣氛。
Mike: Have you read any good books lately?
麥克:你最近讀了什么好書嗎?
Daisy: I've been reading Edgar Allan Poe.
黛西:我在讀愛倫·坡的書。
Mike: How do you feel about it?
麥克:你覺得怎么樣?
Daisy: It's good, his writings are very beautiful.
黛西:很不錯,他的文字很優(yōu)美。
Mike: I do not like essays.
麥克:我不喜歡散文。
Daisy: He also has short stories.
黛西:他也有小說。
Mike: What kind of stories?
麥克:什么樣的小說?
Daisy: He is good at writing detective stories.
黛西:他擅長寫偵探小說。
Mike: I like detective stories.
麥克:我喜歡偵探小說。
Daisy: Do you have any of his stories?
黛西:你有他的小說嗎?
Mike: No, you can borrow them from the library; there are a lot under the name of Allan Poe.
麥克:沒有,你可以到圖書館去借,在愛倫·坡的名字下有很多。
Daisy: That's great; I was intended to go there.
黛西:太好了,我本來就準備去一趟。