Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque(I) 怪誕蔓藤花紋的傳說怪異故事集(英文版)
TalesoftheGrotesqueandArabesqueisacollectionofpreviously-publishedshortstoriesfromthedarkpenofEdgarAllanPoe,firstpublishedin1840.Inhispreface,Poewrotethenow-famousquotedefendinghimselffromthecriticismthathistaleswerepartof"Germanism".Hewrote,"Ifinmanyofmyproductionsterrorhasbeenthethesis,ImaintainthatterrorisnotofGermanybutofthesoul".ThecollectionwasdedicatedtoColonelWilliamDrayton,anonymousauthorofTheSouthVindicatedfromtheTreasonandFanaticismoftheNorthernAbolitionists.PoeprobablyhadseenthetermsusedbySirWalterScottinhisessay"OntheSupernaturalinFictitiousComposition".BothtermsrefertoatypeofIslamicartusedtodecoratewalls,especiallyinmosques.Theseartstylesareknownfortheircomplexnature.Poehadusedtheterm"arabesque"inthissenseinhisessay"ThePhilosophyofFurniture".
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