关于自我（Self）与我（Ego）之间的关系，爱伦·坡也有其独树一帜的看法与描写法。他认为，自我与我之间的关系，是永远紧张的。在William Wilson（参见本辑目录）小说里，呈现分裂状态的“自我”，以想象出来的双面人身份，带领着主人游历欧洲。这个“自我”主要负责警告主人，他无法从不想要的性格之中摆脱出来。而“我”则一直力促主人保持理性，远离疯狂状态。于是，“自我”与“我”双方展开了一场殊死的争斗。而这种争斗居然险些使主人自杀而丧命。 本辑还收录了另一篇爱伦·坡的著名小说：TheBlack Cat。小说描写了一个温柔无比的热爱动物者后竟然变为一个邪恶的屠猫者。转变过程充满了令人惊异的事情。爱伦·坡不仅以爱为小说主题，还以死为压倒一切的重大主题来写作品。同时，在死的重大主题下，他还常常使用某种面具作为一种工具来进一步展开其小说情节。比如，本辑里的The Cask of Amontillado 和The Masque of the Red Death 。 爱伦·坡的小说跌宕起伏，往往一读进去，就有不可自拔的感觉，不把整个小说读完，就不能专心致志地去做别的事情。有人说，读爱伦·坡要有得一场大病的准备，这是不无道理的，因为爱伦·坡的深刻，更因为爱伦·坡对人性的把握。
爱伦 · 坡喜欢使用象征意义的物，来向世界展示这些东西或可具有某种意义。他在MS. Found in aBottle （参见本辑书目）里使用Whirlpool来象征疯狂；The Tell-Tale Heart 里他将“眼睛”拿来象征人的本性，等等。可以说，爱伦·坡的小说里蕴含着巨大的信息量。而这一切都需要我们一点一点地阅读与感受。 继第五辑出版《爱伦·坡诗歌全集》之后，“经典英语文库 ” 第八辑开始出版《爱伦 · 坡小说全集》，这很好。希望爱伦·坡的全部作品在接下来的第七辑和第八辑里都有一席之地，这样，会给我国读者以完整的精神食粮，可以全面地关注这个出生于19世纪初但却对20世纪产生重大影响的人物。
Edgar Allan Poe (19 January 1809-7 October 1849) was an American writer, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. Widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the United States and American literature
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. The Mystery Writers of America present an annual award known as the Edgar Award for distinguished work in the mystery genre.
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CONTENTS
EDGAR ALLAN POE____An Appreciation / 1
EDGAR ALLAN POE / 9 DEATH OF EDGAR A. POE / 19
THE UNPARALLELED ADVENTURES OF HANS PFAAL / 31
THE GOLD-BUG / 86
FOUR BEASTS IN ONE—THE HOMO-CAMELEOPARD / 128
THE MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE / 138
THE MYSTERY OF MARIE ROGET / 180 THE BALLOON-HOAX / 238
MS. FOUND IN A BOTTLE / 254 THE OVAL PORTRAIT / 267
THE PURLOINED LETTER / 271
THE THOUSAND-AND-SECOND TALE OF SCHEHERAZADE / 293
A DESCENT INTO THE MAELSTRÖM. / 310
VON KEMPELEN AND HIS DISCOVERY / 330
THE WORKS OF EDGAR ALLAN POE VOL.I
MESMERIC REVELATION / 339
THE FACTS IN THE CASE OF M. VALDEMAR / 351
THE BLACK CAT / 363
THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER / 375 SILENCE—A FABLE / 398
THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH / 403
THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO / 411
THE IMP OF THE PERVERSE / 419 THE ISLAND OF THE FAY / 427 THE ASSIGNATION / 433
THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM / 448
THE PREMATURE BURIAL / 466
THE DOMAIN OF ARNHEIM / 483 LANDOR'S COTTAGE / 501 WILLIAM WILSON / 516
Edgar Allan Poe (19 January 1809-7 October 1849) was an American writer, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. Widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the United States and American literature
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. The Mystery Writers of America present an annual award known as the Edgar Award for distinguished work in the mystery genre.
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