Using psychoanalytic theory, it is the primary purpose of this article to frame Edgar Allan Poe's history as an enlisted man in the United States Army. For Poe, these were years of accomplishments as both artist and soldier. When researching this article, two forms of comment are readily detected. Military historians immediately understand the significance in Poe's meteoric rise to sergeant major. But these writers tend not to appreciate the literary history. Literary historians often note that Poe was an enlisted soldier, but, beyond that, seem not to appreciate that information. In none of this is there any sense that Poe sought, and for two years found, a degree of emotional stability. The social structure of the army contained and maintained Poe's psychic structure. This intertwining of the military and the literary, coupled with an understanding of psycho-social development, is the frame needed to understand Sergeant Major Poe. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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埃德加·爱伦·坡少校

使用精神分析理论，本文的主要目的是构建埃德加·爱伦·坡 (Edgar Allan Poe) 作为美国陆军士兵的历史。对于坡来说，这些年是作为艺术家和士兵取得的成就。在研究这篇文章时，很容易发现两种形式的评论。军事历史学家立即明白坡迅速晋升为少校的重要性。但这些作家往往不欣赏文学史。文学历史学家经常注意到坡是一名应征入伍的士兵，但除此之外，似乎并不欣赏这些信息。在所有这些方面，坡都没有寻求并在两年内找到一定程度的情绪稳定。军队的社会结构包含并维持着坡的精神结构。这种军事与文学的交织，再加上对心理社会发展的理解，是理解坡少校所需的框架。版权所有 © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.