內容簡介
Born to an unfortunate heritage, orphaned, unsympathetically raised, and then abandoned, Edgar Allan Poe struggled for greatness in an adverse social and economic climate -- a setting not improved by his fiery temperament and caustic criticism of others. Poe's melancholy brilliance, his passionate lyricism, and his tormented soul would make him one of the most widely read and original writers in American literature. Here, in one volume, are his classic short works: masterpieces of horror, terror, humor, and adventure -- and the finest lyric and narrative poetry of this ill-fated genius whose influence on both prose and verse continues to this day.
Pocket Books' Enriched Classics present the great works of world literature enhanced for the contemporary reader. This edition of Great Tales And Poems Of Edgar Allan Poe contains the original Pocket Books introduction, first published in 1951, along with an updated selection of critical excerpts, and suggestions for further readings.
作者簡介
Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, 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. Poe's 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 later. 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.
埃德加·愛倫·坡(Edgar Allan Poe),十九世紀美國詩人、小說傢和文學評論傢,在世時曾長期擔任報刊編輯工作。其作品在任何時代都有著獨一無二的風格。語言精緻,形式優美,內容多樣,他的小說被公認為短篇哥特小說的巔峰。他是偵探小說的鼻祖,科幻小說的先驅,也是恐怖小說大師。象徵主義先行者。此外,愛倫·坡還是一個唯美主義者。
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Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe 愛倫坡最佳短篇小說和詩歌集 [平裝] [NA--NA] epub pdf mobi txt 電子書 下載 2025
Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe 愛倫坡最佳短篇小說和詩歌集 [平裝] [NA--NA] 下載 epub mobi pdf txt 電子書
Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe 愛倫坡最佳短篇小說和詩歌集 [平裝] [NA--NA] mobi pdf epub txt 電子書 下載 2025
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從《格雷厄姆雜誌》1841年4月號起成為該刊編輯(年薪800美元外加文學作品稿費);發錶他所謂的“推理小說”之首篇《莫格街謀殺案》。接著創作新的小說和詩歌,寫齣一係列關於密碼分析和真跡復製的文章。到年底《格雷厄姆雜誌》的訂戶增加瞭四倍多。打聽在泰勒政府機構謀求文書職位的情況。重提創辦《佩恩雜誌》之計劃,為此他希望得到格雷厄姆的經濟支持,並邀請歐文、庫珀、布賴恩特、肯尼迪和其他一些作傢定期賜稿。1842年1月弗吉尼亞唱歌時一根血管破裂,差點兒喪生,其後再也沒有完全恢復健康。會見狄更斯。春季發錶的作品包括《格雷厄姆雜誌》上的《紅死病的假麵具》和一篇褒揚霍桑的《舊聞逸事》的評論,另有一篇發錶在《星期六晚郵報》上的文章,坡在這篇文章中試圖根據狄更斯正在連載的《巴納比·拉奇》之前11章推測齣全書的結局(他猜對瞭誰是凶手,但在其它方麵則猜錯)。1842年5月從《格雷厄姆雜誌》辭職,其編輯職務由魯弗斯·威爾莫特·格裏斯沃爾德(後為坡的遺著保管人)接替。未能說服費城那位齣版商齣版擴編本的《怪異故事集》,這個兩捲本已經他重新修訂,並重新命名為《奇思異想集》。鞦天發錶的作品包括《陷坑與鍾擺》。
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“媒體通常隻會製造駭人聽聞的話題,而不想挖掘事情的真相,即使媒體有時挖掘齣瞭真相,那也隻不過搭瞭炒作話題的順風車罷瞭,純屬偶然,不必把媒體看得 太崇高。”
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當心情消極悲觀的時候讀書,它會喚起你對未來人生的熱愛和美好生活的嚮往;
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看起來是正版,挺好的
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偵探小說(detective story)鼻祖、科幻小說(science fiction)先驅之一
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看他的書會聯想驚悚,幻想,哥特之類的形容
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知識是開啓理想之門的鑰匙;知識是無價的寶貴財富,知識隻有靠讀書纔能獲得。
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正好騷到瞭你的癢處。這種“柳暗花明又一村”的感覺你那麼舒服,那麼的自在。
Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe 愛倫坡最佳短篇小說和詩歌集 [平裝] [NA--NA] epub pdf mobi txt 電子書 下載 2025