埃德加爱伦坡用怖来娱乐英语毕业论文.doc

埃德加 爱伦 坡用恐怖来娱乐 【关键词】爱伦 坡；恐怖；娱乐 I. Introduction?A. Edgar Allan Poe’s CareerEdgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 19, 1809. He is the second child of David Poe and Elizabeth Poe, both of whom were professional actors.? Less than two year’ s old, Poe’s father deserted the family for some reasons, leaving his mother and other two children, and his mother died of tuberculosis the following year. Then Poe was adopted by John Allan who was a successful merchant in Richmond. His childhood was not a good memory to him, although he had studied for five years in England and was given a fine elementary education. In 1826, he entered the University of Virginia where he studied well and got excellent marks, but he fell into large debts by drinking and gambling that his stepfather refused to pay. As a result, he had to terminate his education career, which made him break off relations with John Allan, henceforth beginning his drifting life. After that, in order to make a living, Allan Poe joined the army in the May of 1827, where he stayed for two years. Then he went to the West Point Academy, taking one year’s course, but he didn’t get accustomed to its serious life and eventually was discharged. From then on, Allan Poe formally began his literary career, moving around Richmond, New York and some other places, creating poems for periodicals and once working as an editor with lowest pay just for living.Poe’s first love ended with the prevention of the girl’s father. Later, in 1835, Allan Poe married his cousin Virginia. It’s Poe’s prime time of his life and literary career during the twelve years after their marriage. Most of his important works were produced at this time. However, it was not a long time that his wife’s death gave him a big blow in spirit. Because of grief at his wife’s death, he had no mood in writing. So in the following two years, he just corrected one novel he had written 5 years ago except for few poems and the same fate on his poor