埃德加·爱伦·坡是19世纪美国著名诗人、短篇小说家和文学评论家,在世界文学史上有着独特的地位。他是第一位自觉地把短篇小说作为一种独立的文学体裁,并创立了短篇小说创作理论的作家。他一生创作了近70部短篇小说,且多以谋杀、死亡和毁灭为主题,因此被称为“恐怖小说之父”。发表于1846年的《一桶白葡萄酒》(The Cask of Amontillado)是坡最具代表性的一篇恐怖小说。故事讲述了意大利人蒙特里梭(Montresor)因受到福 Edgar Allan Poe is a famous 19th-century American poet, short story writer and literary critic who has a unique position in the history of world literature. He was the first writer consciously to take short stories as an independent literary genre and founded the theory of short story creation. He has authored nearly 70 short stories throughout his life, and mostly focuses on murder, death and destruction, and is therefore known as the “Father of Terror Fiction.” The Cask of Amontillado, published in 1846, is the most representative of a horror novel. The story tells of the blessing of the Italian Montresor