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TheFalloftheHouseofUsher厄舍古厦的倒塌EdgarAllanPoe(埃德加·爱伦坡)ThreepartsIBiographyIIMainworksIIIHistoricalpositionIBiography(（1809～1849）(I)Poe'sChildhoodaHewasborninBostononJan19,1809.bHisfatherdiedwhenhewas2yearsold.cHewenttotheUniversityofVirginiain1826,butquitschoollessthanayearlaterbecauseofdrinkingheavily.两岁丧父，童年凄苦，沉迷酗酒，大学肄业。(II)AStrugglingWriteraIn1831,Hesubmittedstoriestomanyofmagazinesandtheywereallrejected.bIn1835,Edgarfinallygotajobasaneditorofanewspaper.cIn1840,hestartedhiswritingcareerandpublishedhisfirstdetectivestory.dIn1843,Hetriedtostartamagazinebutfailedandhecouldbarelymakealiving.求职受阻，写作致富，身价百万创业失败，工作不稳，勉强度日。(III)FinalDaysaHiswifediedin1847,10daysafterhisbirthday.bAfterlosinghiswife,Poecollapsedfromstressandwasalsoinpoorhealth.cHediedinOctober7,1849withsomeuncertainreasons.爱妻辞世，心伤难愈，晚年孤寂。病魔缠身，饮恨西归，死因不明。.IIMainWorksGothic（歌特）storyDetectivestoryPoetryGothicStoryaTheMasqueoftheRedDeath（红死病的假面舞会）bTheFalloftheHouseofUsher（厄舍古厦的倒塌）cTheAngeloftheOdd（奇怪天使）dTheDevilintheBelfry（钟楼魔影）eTheOvalPortrait(椭圆形画像）fTheManThatWasUsedUp（被用光的人）gKingPest（瘟疫王）DetectiveStoryaThouArttheMan（你就是凶手）bThePurloinedLetter(被窃之信)cTheMysteryofMarieRoget(玛丽·罗杰疑案)dTheMurdersintheRueMorgue(莫格街谋杀案)fTheGold-Bug(金甲虫)gTheOblongBox（长方形箱子）PoetryaToHelen(致海伦)bToOneinParadise（致乐园中的一位）cTheSleeper(睡美人)dTheValleyofUnrest(不安的山谷)fTheCityintheSea(海中之城)gSilence,aSonnet(十四行诗）——静hTheRaven（乌鸦）TheRaven（乌鸦）Ittellsofatalkingraven'smysteriousvisittoadistraughtlover.Thelover,oftenidentifiedasbeingastudent,12,islamentingthelossofhislove,Lenore.TheravenseemstofurtherinstigatehisdistresswithitsconstantrepetitionofthewordNevermore.Thepoemmakesuseofanumberoffolkandclassicalreferences.TheMasqueoftheRedDeathThestoryfollowsPrinceProspero'sattemptstoavoidadangerousplagueknownastheRedDeathbyhidinginhisabbey.He,alongwithmanyotherwealthynobles,hasamasqueradeballwithinsevenroomsofhisabbey,eachdecoratedwithadifferentcolor.Inthemidstoftheirrevelry,amysteriousfiguredisguisedasaRedDeathvictimentersandmakeshiswaythrougheachoftherooms.Prosperodiesafterconfrontingthisstranger,whosecostumeprovestohavenothingtangibleinsideit;theguestsalsodieinturn.《红死病的假面舞会》TheFalloftheHouseofUsherItmainlytellsusastoryaboutthedeadbringingbacktolive.TheFalloftheHouseofUsherisconsideredPoe'smostfamoushorrorstory.ThishighlyunsettlingmacabreworkisrecognizedasamasterpieceofAmericanGothicLiterature.Indeed,asinmanyofhistales,PoeborrowsmuchfromtheGothictradition.Still,asG.R.ThomsonwritesinhisIntroductiontoGreatShortWorksofEdgarAllanPoe,thetalehaslongbeenhailedasamasterpieceofGothichorror;itisalsoamasterpieceofdramaticironyandstructuralsymbolism.《厄舍古厦的倒塌》IIIHistoricalposition(I)HeisoneofthemostfamousAmericanPoets,fictionistsandliteraturecritics.(II)Heisoneoftheforefathersofdetectivestory,sciencefiction,horrorfiction,andthemasterofshortGothicstory.(III)HehaveprofoundinfluenceonmanywriterssuchasConanDoyle(柯南.道尔）,EdogawaRampo(江户川乱步）andsoon.(IIII)EdgarAllanPoe（埃德加.爱伦坡）sharethereputationwithAnnBrucebulls(安布鲁斯·布尔斯)andHowardPhillipsLovecraft（洛夫克拉夫特）asthemostfamousthreehorrorfictionists.QuestionsomepeoplesaythattheworksofEdgarAllanPoearefullofabsurdandridiculousness,whicharenotconsistentwiththeAmericanmainstreamculture.Asforthisview,whatdoyouthinkaboutthat?Thankyou!