埃德加.爱伦.坡是19世纪美国文学史上的一株奇葩。他一生命运多舛,英年早逝。生前不为美国文学界承认,无论其私生活、还是其作品都与当时的社会格格不入,死后却在欧洲获得殊荣。他的文学创作涉猎广泛,在诗歌、小说、文学评论领域都颇有建树,更是开创了恐怖小说题材的先河。他的恐怖小说情节离奇、结局荒诞。爱伦.坡的小说创作和他的人生经历有着莫大的关系。本文借助弗洛伊德的精神分析理论,解读爱伦.坡恐怖小说的创作心里,揭示其小说背后隐藏的弑父情结。 Edgar Ellen Poe is a wonderful work in the history of American literature in the 19th century. He has a lot of destiny in his life and died young. Before his death, he did not admit the American literary world, both his private life and his works were incompatible with the society at that time. However, after his death, he won the award in Europe. His literary creation has covered a wide range of fields, and has made a lot of achievements in the field of poetry, novels and literary criticism, and even created the first of its kind in the world. The plot of his horror novel bizarre, ending absurd. Allan Poe’s novels and his life experience have a great relationship. This article uses Freud ’s theory of psychoanalysis to interpret the creative mind of Ellen Poe’ s horror novels and reveal the hidden patricide complex behind his novels.