The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings

图书标准信息

• 作者 Edgar Allan Poe（埃德加·爱伦·坡） 著
• 出版社 Random House
• 出版时间 1983-02
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780553212280
• 定价 25.40元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 448页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

EdgarAllanPoeremainstheunsurpassedmasterofworksofmysteryandmadnessinthisoutstandingcollectionofPoe'sproseandpoetryaresixteenofhisfinesttales,including"TheTell-TaleHeart","TheMurdersintheRueMorgue","TheFalloftheHouseofUsher,""ThePitandthePendulum,""WilliamWilson,""TheBlackCat,""TheCaskofAmontillado,"and"Eleonora".HeretooisamajorselectionofwhatPoecharacterizedasthepassionofhislife,hispoems-"TheRaven,""AnnabelLee,"Ulalume,""Lenore,""TheBells,"andmore,plushisgloriousprosepoem"Silence-AFable"andonlyfull-lengthnovel,TheNarrativeofArthurGordonPym.

【作者简介】

Inhisshort,troubledlifeEdgarAllanPoeoriginatedthemysterystory,broughtnewpsychologicaldepthtothetaleofhorror,andmadeinimitablecontributionstoRomanticpoetryandliterarycriticism.BorninBostonin1809toitinerantactors,PoewasorphanedasaninfantandsenttolivewithaRichmondmerchant,JohnAllan.AllansenthimtotheUniversityofVirginiain1826,butPoewithdrewbecauseofgamblingdebts.In1830,withhisfirstbookofpoemsalreadypublished,heenteredWestPointbutwasdishonorablydischargedthenextyear.In1835PoewaschoseneditoroftheSouthernLiteraryMessenger.Poewasalreadyestablishedasanauthorwhen,in1845,thepublicationof"TheRaven"madehimfamous.Hebegantolecture,engagedinacelebratedfeudwithLongfellow,andbecamesoleproprietorofhisownmagazine,BroadwayJournal.Butin1846themagazinewentbankrupt,andin1847,afteryearsofsuffering,Poe'swifediedofconsumption.Hisillhealthanddrinkingworsened.InOctober1849hewasfoundsemiconsciousoutsideapollingplaceinBaltimore;afewdayslaterhediedwithoutregainingconsciousness.

Ignoredforthemostpartbyhiscountrymen,hewasidolizedbytheFrenchSymbolists,whothoughtofhimasthefirstmodernpoetandhelpedtowinhimtherecognitionthatisnowhis.