EdgarAllanPoe-1028010014雪雯-1028010009初初,Page2,Page2,EdgarAllanPoe(bornEdgarPoe;January19,1809October7,1849)wasanAmericanauthor,poet,editor,andliterarycritic.Bestknownforhistalesofmysteryandthemacabre,PoewasoneoftheearliestAmericanpractitionersoftheshortstoryandisgenerallyconsideredtheinventorofthedetectivefictiongenre.,Page3,Page3,Page4,Page4,Page5,Page5,JohnandFrancesAllan,HewasbornasEdgarPoeinBoston,Massachusetts;hewasorphanedatayoungagewhenhismotherdiedshortlyafterhisfatherabandonedthefamily.PoewastakeninbyJohnandFrancesAllan,ofRichmond,Virginia,buttheyneverformallyadoptedhim.HeattendedtheUniversityofVirginiaforonesemesterbutleftduetolackofmoney.AfterenlistingintheArmyandlaterfailingasanofficerscadetatWestPoint,PoepartedwayswiththeAllans.Hispublishingcareerbeganhumbly,withananonymouscollectionofpoems,TamerlaneandOtherPoems(1827),creditedonlytoaBostonian.,Page6,Page6,Poeswitchedhisfocustoproseandspentthenextseveralyearsworkingforliteraryjournalsandperiodicals,becomingknownforhisownstyleofliterarycriticism.InBaltimorein1835,hemarriedVirginiaClemm,his13-year-oldcousin.InJanuary1845Poepublishedhispoem,TheRaven,toinstantsuccess.Hiswifediedoftuberculosistwoyearsafteritspublication.Hebeganplanningtoproducehisownjournal,ThePenn(laterrenamedTheStylus),thoughhediedbeforeitcouldbeproduced.OnOctober7,1849,atage40,PoediedinBaltimore;thecauseofhisdeathisunknownandhasbeenvariouslyattributedtoalcohol,braincongestion,cholera,drugs,heartdisease,rabies,suicide,tuberculosis,andotheragents.,Page7,Page7,PoeandhisworksinfluencedliteratureintheUnitedStatesandaroundtheworld,aswellasinspecializedfields,suchascosmologyandcryptography.Poeandhisworkappearthroughoutpopularcultureinliterature,music,films,andtelevision.Anumberofhishomesarededicatedmuseumstoday.TheMysteryWritersofAmericapresentanannualawardknownastheEdgarAwardfordistinguishedworkinthemysterygenre.,Page8,Page8,Page9,Page10,Page10,四位對他的故事創作有著重大影響的女性,Page11,Page11,Thefirstwoman:Virginia(thepuremaidenheadored,hiswife),Page12,Page12,Thesecondwoman:Frances(theunobtainableiconhepointedfor),Page13,Page13,Thefourthwoman:SarahHele