孤独的过客 不朽的天才——纪念爱伦·坡200周年诞辰

A Lonely Passerby and Immortal Genius:In Commemoration of the 200th Anniversary of Edgar Allan Poe's Birth

爱伦·坡(1809—1849)在世时也许是最不被人理解的作家,但随着时间的推移,世人开始发现他作品的价值,把他尊为侦探小说的先驱、科幻小说的奠基人、恐怖悬念小说大师、超凡绝伦的天才作家。但时至今日,仍有不少人误读甚至曲解这位天才作家及其作品。本文作者在细读爱伦·坡全部文学作品和部分文学评论的基础上,重新解析了坡命途多舛的原因,较全面地分析了他的诗歌和小说,探究了他的宇宙观和艺术观以及这二者之间的关系,指出只有了解了坡的宇宙观,才能真正地了解他的艺术观,从而才能更全面深刻地理解他的作品。作者希望在坡200周年诞辰来临之际,他曾生活过的这个世界有更多人成为他愿意花一个世纪来等待的读者。

Edgar Allan Poe（1809-1849） was perhaps the least understood writer in his lifetime. Yet, time and the beauty in his writing have joined forces at last to establish his literary fame--he is now respected as a pioneer of the detective story, a founder of science fiction, a master of horror and mystery, and a singular even unique genius of his century. Nevertheless, nowadays many readers, including some scholars, still misread or distort Poe and his works. Based on close reading of all Poe＇ s poems and tales, some of his essays and reviews, the author of this paper analyses the causes of Poe＇ s unfortunate life, evaluates the beauty in his poetry and tales, and makes a thorough inquiry into his philosophical ideas and artistic convictions as well as the relationship between these two aspects. He points out that the philosophical ideas Poe articulates in his Eureka affords us the key to understanding his artistic convictions, and that only when we understand his artistic convictions can we fully perceive the profound meanings of Poe＇ s works. At the moment when the 200th anniversary of Edgar Allan Poe＇ s birth is coming, the author hopes that more and more people around the world would become the readers for whom Poe once said he could afford a century to wait.