爱伦·坡的书评及其关于奴隶制的保守论调

Allen Poe's Book Reviews and his Conservative Tone Toward Slavery

爱伦·坡在评论中含蓄表达了对奴隶制的看法。他秉承保守的政治倾向:他严厉批判狂热的废奴主义,为南方辩护;赞扬对主奴关系的美化,提议建立和谐的主奴关系,借以强化南方的社会等级,保持南方和联邦的稳定;警告解放奴隶后果严重,会造成南方人财产的损失,动摇整个南方社会的根基。可见,爱伦.坡反对废奴运动,美化奴隶制,表达了对奴隶制的保守观点。

Poe expresses his views on the slavery system indirectly in his reviews in which he holds a conservative political attitude.He hates and reprimands the abolitionism and the disrespect to the South,speaks for the South,appreciates the description of happy master-slave relationship to propose a kind of new relationship so as to solidify southern hierarchy and enhance the stability of the society and federations,and warns that it is dangerous to liberate the slaves,which can cause the loss of property and the crash of the root of the southern society.In all,Poe hates Abolitionism,beautifies the slavery,and holds a conservative attitude to it.