Abstract
Edgar Allen Poe was one of the greatest poets in America and the poems he created have a great impact on not only American literature but the whole world. In many of his poems, “death” is almost everywhere, and through these poems his aesthetic view was revealed. In Poe’s mind, the terror and ugliness of death is another form of beauty, and this sort of beauty is eternal and transcends time and space. The author analyzes different presentations of “beauty of death” in Poe’s poems and finds that, in Poe’s mind, death does not mean the end of life, but a kind of rebirth and a sublimation of soul, and it helps people to find the “supernal beauty” which only exists in another world. To explore this is of great value to study his extraordinary and unique poems and further explore his view of death and aesthetics.
Highlights
Edgar Allen Poe (1809—1849) was one of the greatest and the most widely read writers in America, who had a deep influence on American literature but the world arena
It is the short and unfortunate life that emerges Allen Poe’s “death complex”, and it is those beautiful females in his life that lead to his pursuit of beauty
In Poe’s poetry, death does not mean the end of life, but a kind of rebirth and a sublimation of soul
Summary
Edgar Allen Poe (1809—1849) was one of the greatest and the most widely read writers in America, who had a deep influence on American literature but the world arena. Just as Hammond said, “Poe is a poet in the first place and a short story writer.” [1] Poe’s writing career began with poems and ended with it, and he was a prolific poet since his four collections of poems were published He devoted himself in writing, he did not get a foothold in mainstream American literature when he was alive. During Poe’s lifetime, there were three important women who were Muse in most of his poems They are his mother, Mrs Stannard, and his wife Virginia Clemm. His mother died when he was very young. To analyze “death of beauty” is conductive to further understanding Poe’s aesthetic view and exploring his artistic achievements, but has a guiding significance to study modern American poetry
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