一、引言爱伦·坡是19世纪美国文学史上最负盛名的文坛怪杰。可以说,爱伦·坡的文学作品题材类型广泛,无论是诗歌、文学评论,还是小说,都对后世的美国文学产生了难以估量的深远影响。虽然生前潦倒寂寞,甚至饱受非议,但是今天的学界公认地尊他为恐怖小说的鼻祖、科幻小说的大师,他的作品代表着哥特小说的巅峰。爱伦·坡一生存世的短篇小说共有70余部,虽然篇幅有限,却因其作品的精妙逻辑推理而被 I. INTRODUCTION Ellen Poe is the most prestigious literary geek in the history of American literature in the 19th century. It can be said that Ellen Poe’s wide range of literary genres, whether poetry, literary criticism or novels, have had an immeasurable and far-reaching impact on later generations of American literature. Although he was lonely and even criticized in his lifetime, today’s academic community acknowledged that he is the founder of a horror novel and a master of science fiction. His works represent the pinnacle of Gothic novels. Allan Poe’s life story of a total of more than 70 short stories, although limited space, but because of the subtle logical reasoning of his work was