“美国出现了两个伟大作家——埃德加·爱伦·坡和马克·吐温。”大文豪萧伯纳的这一评价,犹如一声悠长的浩叹。爱伦·坡未能亲领到这份殊荣,便早在穷愁潦倒、悲愤交加中离开了人世。爱伦·坡一生命途多舛,屡遭困厄,生前文名寂寞,极不得志。直至死后多年,才声名鹊起。但对他的创作,一直未有定论,毁者有之,誉者有之。 波德莱尔称爱伦·坡为“当代最强有力的作家”,法国象征主义作家们奉他为精神上的领袖。在他诞辰一百周年之际,在伦敦作家俱乐部举行了由柯南道尔主持的 “There are two great writers in the United States - Edgar Allan Poe and Mark Twain.” The great George Bernard Shaw evaluation, like a long sigh. Allan Poe failed to receive the preferential treatment of this family, they long ago in despair, sadness and indignation left. Aaron · slope a life too much, repeatedly distressed, lifetime literary loneliness, extremely frustrated. Until many years after his death, it became famous. However, his creation has not been conclusive, there are those who have been destroyed, there are those who honor. Baudelaire called Allan Poe “the strongest author of the day,” and French symbolism writers called him a spiritual leader. On the hundredth anniversary of his birth, a writer club in London hosted by Conan Doyle