摘　要

艾德加•爱伦•坡(Edgar Allan Poe 1809-1849),美国著名小说家、诗人、批评家。他小说中的神秘感、恐怖感历来受到广大读者的重视。爱伦坡一向注重对心灵恐怖的唤起和对读者自身想象力的挖掘,运用象征和悬念手法引导读者走入神秘的深渊。在过去的几年里，很多学者都从不同的角度研究分析过他的恐怖作品，但根据笔者的研究，目前还尚未发现有关该部作品中所体现的浪漫主义创作特征的系统研究。而笔者认为这些作品中体现的浪漫主义特征可以充分地解释他的部作品经久不衰，受到普遍青睐的原因。于是本论文试图通过文本细读的方式挖掘爱伦坡恐怖小说作品中体现的浪漫主义特征，从而为爱伦坡的经典之作的重新解读与鉴赏提供一个新的视角。

关键词：爱伦•坡；浪漫主义；恐怖小说
 
Abstract

Edgar Allan Poe is a famous novelist, poet, as well as critic in America. He is often cited as one of the most influential writers in the world. His stories and styles have motivated various authors. Poe's works have fascinated people all around the world for over 150 years. The feeling of mystical and terror from his novels are always receiving much more attention from readers. Poe always pays great attention to waking up the terror of soul and digging the readers’ own imagination. What is more, he likes to make use of the symbol and suspense. It leads readers into the abyss of mystery. In the past few years, many scholars have studied and analyzed his works of terror from different point of views. People pay more attention to the analysis of Gothic style in his horror novels, and the creation sources of his horror novels. And there are many academic articles which interpreted Poe’s novel by feminist. And someone made cautious inquiries about the theme of his short story. But according to the research, no one has given a systematic analysis of the romantic features of his novels which the author believe can justify and explain its enduring popularity and universal appeal, so this thesis aims at exploring the romantic features through a careful study of Poe's horror novel works so as to bring a new view of reinterpretation and appreciation.

Key words: Allan Poe; romanticism; horror novel

1 Introduction
Bernard Shaw once claimed that America had bred two magnificent authors, that is, Edgar Allan Poe and Mark Twain. Poe died in 1849, but his stories and poems live on as masterpieces of American horror, mystery, and romance. However, in the American literature we can not find another great writer whose fate was worse than him. He spent the most of his life in fighting with fate and adversity. Poe was in the state of delirium for several days, in 1849, at the beginning of October, deathbed he shouted “God bless me!” Then he died with a deep regret. The voice condensed his grief and indignation for his bumpy life. All of Poe’s life was penniless and frustrated, not only tasting hardship and toil, but also subjected to criticism. During life and after death, he was underappreciated in home.