中文

Journal of Shanghai University (Social Science Edition) ›› 2007, Vol. 14 ›› Issue (5): 92-96 .

• Articles • Previous Articles     Next Articles

Poe's Gothic Stories and Its Aesthetic Implications

ZHU Zhen-wu1,WANG Zi-hong2   

  1. 1.School of Foreign Languages,Shanghai University,Shanghai 200444,China;
    2.PLA Institute of Automanagement, Bengbu 233011,China

  • Received:2007-01-29 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2007-09-15 Published:2007-09-15

Abstract:

The early American Iitterateur Edgar Allan Poe developed a school of his own in literati for his unique and significant achievement in short stories, poetry and literary criticism. Poe's recognition of the readers' responses makes his horror and grotesque stories the tinge of aestheticism. At the same time, his stories have starting significance in light of the gothic fictions' innovation in the New Continent and promote its taste of aesthetic implication.

Key words： Edgar Allan Poe; gothic fiction; succession; innovation receptive aesthetics

Key words: gothic fiction, succession, innovation receptive aesthetics

,

Edgar Allan Poe

CLC Number: