内容简介
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.
作者简介
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·爱伦·坡(Edgar Allan Poe),十九世纪美国诗人、小说家和文学评论家,在世时曾长期担任报刊编辑工作。其作品在任何时代都有着独一无二的风格。语言精致,形式优美,内容多样,他的小说被公认为短篇哥特小说的巅峰。他是侦探小说的鼻祖,科幻小说的先驱,也是恐怖小说大师。象征主义先行者。此外,爱伦·坡还是一个唯美主义者。
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Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe 爱伦坡最佳短篇小说和诗歌集 [平装] [NA--NA] 下载 mobi epub pdf txt 电子书 格式
Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe 爱伦坡最佳短篇小说和诗歌集 [平装] [NA--NA] 下载 mobi pdf epub txt 电子书 格式 2024
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不克言状的绝妙境界。当心情愉快的时候读书,它会带给你更加舒畅的惬意;
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在这些文字的描述中还时常冒出一些让我惊叹的哲学警句,很多时候我都即时的抄录到我的twitter上以作备忘 ,比如下面这些。
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读书对于不同的人有不同的乐趣,对于从事体力劳动来说,读书一种休闲;对于从事脑力劳动的人来说,
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爱伦·坡的短篇小说非常值得好好研读,这本书很清晰。
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视之下,先就会有几分怯虚。黑袍老人先是一惊,紧接着身躯轻挺,已跃身而前,双方距离,这时已不足上丈。蓝衣青年并没有退缩之意。黑袍老人一只手抬起来,轻轻捻着颔下那一蓬打有胡结的胡子。“足下好俊的功夫!”老人冷肃地笑着,似乎已失去了原有的慈祥:“老朽多年不履中土,敢情对武林道上的朋友多已生疏,足下请报上大名以开茅塞吧!”蓝衣青年双手抱拳拱了一下道:“不敢,如果在下眼力不差,尊驾想必就是领袖武林已久的‘西天盟主’号称‘剑花先生’的邵一子先生了?”黑袍老人点点头道:“不错,老朽正是!”说完这句话,他的
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全英文 不知道在国外卖多少钱。。。
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书有点小,方便携带,朋友很满意
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纸质不是很新,但很喜欢
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爱伦·坡的短篇小说非常值得好好研读,这本书很清晰。
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