美国名人 作家 埃德加·爱伦·坡.docx

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1、美国名人作家埃德加爱伦坡HalloweenisagoodtimetocelebratethestoriesofEdgarAllanPoeplaystopmutemaxvolume00:00-16:55repeatByShelleyGollust2005-10-29(MUSIC)VOICEONE:mSteveEmber.VOICETWO:AndmFaithLapiduswithPEOPLEINAMERICAfromVOASpecialEnglish.Today,wetellaboutEdgarAllanPoe,anineteenthcenturyAmericanwriter.Hisstories

2、andpoemsweresomeofthemostfrighteningandstrangeeverwritten.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:AmericanscelebrateHalloweenonOctoberthirty-first.Itismostlyaholidayforchildren,wholiketobefrightened.YetmanygrownpeopleobserveHalloween,too.ThosewholovethewritingsofEdgarAllanPoethinkPoeismostfamousforhisstoriesandpoemsofstran

3、geness,mysteryandterror.VOICETWO:EdgarAllanPoediedinthecityofBaltimore,Marylandineighteenforty-nine.Now,inthatcity,anunusualpartytakesplaceeveryHalloween.Inthedarkofnight,visitorsgotothegroundsofWestminsterPresbyterianChurchwherePoeisburied.Everythingisquiet.Thenavoicecallsout.ItisPoe!No,itisjustana

4、ctor,readingPoeswork.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:ReadingstorieswasoneofthemostimportantformsofenjoymentinEdgarAllanPoestime.Poecreatedmanyoftheseshortstories,Theyappearedindifferentpublications.HorrorstoriesalreadywerepopularwhenPoebeganwriting.Criticssayhewrotetheperfecthorrorstory.Poealsowrotedetectivestories

5、.Theseweremysteriesaboutcrimes,suchasmurder.Aninvestigatorcalledadetectivesolvesthemysteries.Thedetectiveisabletofindimportant,hiddenmeaningsinfacts.ThehorroranddetectivestoriesPoecreatedremainpopularinbooksandmovies.VOICETWO:EdgarAllanPoesworkisnoteasytoread.Hislanguageisdifficulttounderstandtoday.

6、Andmostofhiswritingdescribesveryunpleasantsituationsandevents.HisstoryThePitandthePendulum,forexample,isaboutthementaltortureofaprisoner.Eachtimetheprisonersaveshimselffromdeath,anewandmorehorribleformofdeaththreatenshim.AnotherstoryisTheMasqueoftheRedDeath.Init,aterribledisease-theRedDeath-haskille

7、dhalfthepopulationofacountry.Therulerofthecountryshutshiscastleagainstthedisease.Heandhiswealthyfriendsareinside.Theypassthetimebyhavingparties.TheybelievetheRedDeathwillnotfindthem.Butitdoes.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:EdgarPoewasbornineighteen-oh-nineinBoston,Massachusetts.Hisparentswereactors.Atthattime,acto

8、rswerenotacceptedbythebestsociety.Edgarwasababywhenhisfatherleftthefamily.Hewastwoyearsoldwhenhismotherdied.Hewastakenintothehomeofawealthybusinessman,JohnAllan.Hethenreceivedhisnewname-EdgarAllanPoe.JohnAllanneverofficiallymadeEdgarhisson.Infact,hecametodislikehimstrongly.EdgarattendedschoolsinEngl

9、andandinRichmond,Virginia.AsayoungmanzheattendedtheUniversityofVirginiainCharlottesville.Hewasagoodstudent.HewasamemberoftheJeffersonLiterarySociety.Buthelikedtodrinkalcoholandplaycardgamesformoney.Edgarwasnotagoodplayer.Helostmoneyhedidnothave.JohnAllanrefusedtopayEdgarsgamblinglosses.Healsorefused

10、toletEdgarcontinueattheuniversity.So,EdgarwenttoBostonandbeganworkingasawriterandeditorformonthlymagazines.Healsoservedinthearmyfortwoyears.VOICETWO:EdgarAllanPoeworkedhard.Hebecameasuccessfuleditor.Hepublishedthreebooksofpoetry.Healsobeganwritingstories.FiveofhisstorieswereprintedinapublicationinPh

11、iladelphia,Pennsylvaniaineighteenthirty-two.Yethewasnotwellpaid.Hislifewasdifficult.Hewaspoor,andhewastroubledbysicknessesofthebodyandmind.Poesufferedfromdepression.Hefearedhewasinsane.Hedrankalcoholtoescapehisfears.Thealcoholhadaverybadeffectonhim.VOICEONE:Ineighteenthirty-five,PoebeganeditingtheSo

12、uthernLiteraryMessengerinRichmond,Virginia.Thefollowingyear,attheageoftwenty-seven,hemarriedVirginiaClemm.Shewasthedaughterofhisfatherssister.Shewasonlythirteenyearsold.PoeandhiswifemovedoftenashefoundworkatmagazinesandnewspapersinPhiladelphiaandNewYork.Foratime,itseemedthatPoewouldfindsomehappiness

13、.Buthiswifewassickformostoftheirmarriage.Shediedineighteenforty-seven.Afterhiswifesdeath,Poesproblemswithalcoholincreased.Hediedtwoyearslater;attheageofforty.HewasfounddeadinBaltimoreafterdaysofheavydrinking.(MUSIC)VOICETWO:Throughallhiscrises,EdgarAllanPoeproducedmanystories,poems,andworksofcritici

14、sm.Someofhisstorieswonprizes.Yethedidnotbecomefamousuntileighteenforty-five.ThatwaswhenhispoemTheRavenwaspublished.ThereisnoquestionthatPoesufferedfromemotionalproblems.OnecriticsaidPoesspiritwastorn.HesaidPoesstorieswereoftenabouthisowndividednature.Eachpersoninhisstoriesshowedadifferentsideofthewr

15、iter.Thereisaquestion,however,aboutPoesimportance.SomecriticssaidhewasoneofAmericasbestwriters.Othersdisagreed.VOICEONE:OnecriticsaidPoediscoveredanewartisticuniverse-auniverseofdreams.Itwasaplacewherethelinebetweenrealityandunrealityisextremelythin.EventhosewhopraisedPoeagreedthattherearemanydiffic

16、ultiesinhiswork.ThesedifficultiesplacePoeswritingoutsidethemainbodyofAmericanliterature.MostAmericanwritingisrealistic.Poesinterestsandwayofwritingwerenotrealisticatall.PoesworkhasbeenpraisedmostinFrance.HehadagreatinfluenceonmanyFrenchwriters.VOICETWO:Poesbest-knownpoemisTheRaven.Somepeopleloveit.Theysayitislikemusic.Othershateit.Theysayitsoundsforcedandunnatural-likeba

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