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Formorethanacenturyandahalf,EdgarAllanPoe’spoemsandtaleshavethrilledreaderswithchillingaccountsofmattersmysteriousandmacabre.Theirsomberpoetryandrichmoodsofmenaceandmelancholyhaveconjuredsomeofthemosthauntingimage
作者简介
EdgarAllanPoe(1809-1849)isoneofthemostinfluentialwritersofthenineteenthcenturyandamongthemostimportantfiguresinAmericanletters.Heperfectedthemodernshortstory,andsuchworksofhisas“TheFalloftheHouseofUsher,”“TheTell-TaleHeart,”“TheMasqueoftheRedDeath,”and“ThePitandthePendulum”areacknowledgedasmasterpiecesoftheform.Althoughhisnameissynonymouswithtalesofhorrorandthemacabre,healsowrotesatiresandliterarycriticism,andiscreditedwithhavingwrittenthefirstmoderndetectivetale.Hisdistinguishedpoetryincludestheclassic,“TheRaven.”MarkSummersisanaward-winningillustratorwhoseworkappearsregularlyinTheNewYorkTimesBookReview,TheAtlanticMonthly,andTimemagazine.RecipientoftheprestigiousHamiltonKingAward,heisalsotheillustratorofMoby-Dick,Gulliver’sTravels,andAChristmasCarol.HecurrentlylivesinOntariowithhiswifeanddaughter.NeilGaimanfirstcametofameasthewriteroftheSandmanseriesofgraphicnovels;sincethenhe’swrittensuchaward-winningnovelsforadultsasAmericanGodsandAnansiBoys,andforchildren,suchbooksasCoraline.Hesometimeswritesscreenplays,picturebooks,andpoems.He’sinhislateforties,ownstwoblackleatherjackets,andoccasionallygrowsabeard.
