Usuku lokuzalwa luka-Master Poe lwama-208.
Namhlanje, nge-19 kaJanuwari, uEdgar Allan Poe udibana 208 iminyaka. Ezimbalwa kakhulu. Ushiye konke kubunaphakade bakhe njenge omnye wababhali abakhulu Ngalo lonke ixesha. Ayinamsebenzi isini, ixesha kunye neenkulungwane baqhubeke nomsebenzi wakhe. Wayengoyena ubalaseleyo kwaye uya kuhlala ehleli de ilizwe litshone ebumnyameni bokuqalekiswa kwakhe. Njengendlu ka-Usher.
Akunakwenzeka ukuba ubhale ngakumbi ngaye okanye loo msebenzi mkhulu kwaye umangalisayo. Lo nto? Into ebalulekileyo kukuba uyifunde. Kungekudala okanye kamva, njengomntwana, njengomntu omdala, nanini na. Kodwa yifunde. Masikubhiyozele nje olu suku. Kwiinkulungwane ezimbini ezidlulileyo kwaye kungekude kubude umzi obandayo Boston wabona oyena mhle, umkhulu kwaye ugwetyiwe wabantwana bakhe abazelweyo. Yintoni esinokuyikhetha kula mabali kunye nala mabali? Inga? Andicingi njalo.
Iikati ezimnyama, ooqongqothwane begolide, amagwababa ahlaselayo, izindlu ezinyakazayo, imizobo yokufa, iintliziyo ezixelayo, ukufa okubomvu, iigorila zokubulala, abacuphi abangaphazamiyo ... Akunakwenzeka ukuba udwelise iikhonsepthi ezininzi, imifanekiso, imvakalelo kunye neemvakalelo. Ubuhlanya obuninzi kunye noloyiko. Uloyiko olukhulu kunye noloyiko. Ubumnandi obuninzi kunye nenyani. Kukhulu kakhulu. Inxalenye yethu yonke yothando, i-gothic, eyimfihlakalo, eyoyikisayo, enomdla okanye edidekileyo yomoya iyangcangcazela ngalo lonke igama elivela kwisingxobo sePoe.
Amehlo akhe, ukugqabhuka kwakhe (ebangelwa okanye hayi yimimoya yakhe kunye nobuthathaka), amandla akhe ukubalisa izihogo kunye nemingxunya, ukubiza eyona ngcinga imnyama, idlule yonke imida. Njengokuba wayesenza ngobukho bakhe, awathi wajika waba ngumlinganiswa onomdla nowoyikisayo, njengoko wayethandwa njengoko wayenemfesane. Njengonqulo njengoko elahliwe. Kuba, njengayo yonke into, kukho abantu abangayithandiyo iPoe. Iyaqondakala (okanye hayi). Yamkeleka nayo.
Ingqondi okanye inxila. Ukuphazamiseka okanye ukuphazamisa. Ubuthathaka okanye iqhawe. Wenza mahluko mni lo. Wabhala amabali awongamileyo. Waphonononga inzonzobila enzulu kunye neyona imnyama enzonzobileni yendalo yomntu. Mhlawumbi kungenxa yokuba wayefuna ukufikelela kuzo ngokuzithandela. Kwaye uyiphumezile. Amava akhe obomi obundlongondlongo okanye umbono wakhe wehlabathi elijikelezileyo, kobo bomi. Kuthethwe ntoni. Ayinamsebenzi. Kwanele oko kwaye kunye nokuqhutywa ngumbono wakhe.
Ngaphakathi kushiye amagama angenakulibaleka kwimemori ye kunye nefuthe lababhali abaliwaka kunye nanye iphawulwe ngumkhondo wothando noloyiko ngokulinganayo. Impembelelo kunye nolonwabo olulandelayo, ekuhambeni kweminyaka, olwenziwe ngomsebenzi wakhe.
Nabani na okwaziyo ukubhala "uKumkani weSibetho" wayeka ukuba ngumntu. Ngenxa yakhe, kwaye siqhutywa yimfesane engenasiphelo ngomphefumlo olahlekileyo, sithanda ukumnikela ukuba afe.
Yile nto ayibhalileyo URobert Louis Stevenson kwisincoko esinge-Poe. Into uStevenson awayengayazi kukuba uPoe, okanye yena, ngekhe aphinde afe. Yiyo eyenzekayo xa into oyenzayo ebomini bakho ikwazi ukushiya uphawu lwayo kubo bonke ubuntu obukufundayo ngexesha. Kwaye namhlanje indawo enkulu yolu luntu ingathanda ukuba iPoe izalwe yonke imihla. Okanye yintoni Nguye kanye owabuya kobo bumnyama nezihogo awayezazi kakuhle ukuzichaza. Ngaphezulu kweyodwa ehlawulelweyo, ndiqinisekile.
UBerenice, uArthur Gordon Pym, uProspero, uLigeia, uMadeleine Usher, uAugusto Dupin… Kwaye amagama amaninzi kakhulu. Uninzi lweengqele kunye neziqalekiso, ukwaphuka kwenqanawa kunye neentlekele. OKANYE U-Annabel Lee, elo gama umlinganiswa ophambili yenye yezona mibongo zibalaseleyo zikhona, kwaye ezingabhalwanga ngokutsha, kwaye azisayi kubhalwa. Uthando lukwimeko emsulwa yokuphelelwa lithemba kunye nokuphelelwa lithemba, ukoyiswa kunye nokushiywa, uthando kunye nentlungu engenamida.
Akukho suku lwanamhlanje lokubhiyozela olu suku lokuzalwa Ukuba sisipho se funda nokuba ngumgca nje omnye de Iqula kunye nependulum, de Ulwaphulo-mthetho lwerue Morgue, de Ityala lika Mnu. Valdemar okanye ukusuka Tamerlane.
Okanye akukho suku lwanamhlanje Bona elinye lamakhulu ohlengahlengiso yemisebenzi yakhe kwimuvi. Ngokukodwa, abo badutyulwa ngumvelisi waseBritani ongafiyo I-Hammer, Kunye nomlawuli URoger Corman entloko. Kwaye akukho nto ilunge ngakumbi kunokubona nokuva obona buso bubalaseleyo, amanani kunye namazwi aphefumlela ubomi kunye nokufa kubalinganiswa babo kunye namabali. UVincent Price noChristopher Lee zezam ababalisi abafanelekileyo kunye naba toliki bomsebenzi kaPoe. Kodwa kukho iinguqulelo eziliwaka elinanye, ezinje ngezo zifakwe kweli nqaku.
Ndiyakuvuyela, Mnu Poe. Kwesihogo esoyikekayo okanye eyona paradesi izukileyo. Siza kuphinda sidibane nawe ngenye imini. Kuzo zombini ezi ndawo.