美国著名小说家、诗人与文学批评家埃德加·爱伦·坡是美国三大恐怖小说家之一,他一生中创作了六十多部短篇小说。爱伦·坡深受哥特主义风格的影响,在其短篇小说作品中贯穿着恐怖与死亡主题,追寻一种深入内心的恐惧美感与死亡式的解脱。本文首先对其小说作品进行了探究,然后对爱伦·坡小说的死亡主题进行了解读。 Edgar Allan Poe, a famous American novelist, poet and literary critic, is one of the top three horror novelists in the United States. Over the course of his life, he has created more than 60 short stories. Allan Poe is deeply influenced by the Gothic style, runs through the themes of terror and death in his short story works, and pursues a kind of insightful aesthetics and death relief. This article first explores his novels, and then analyzes the death theme of Allan Poe.