Resumen de La presencia del mito clásico en “To Helen” (I y II) de Edgar Allan Poe
- español
Los dos poemas de E. A. Poe titulados "To Helen", a pesar de estar dedicados a mujeres distintas, comparten una clara base clásica, en la que el ideal de mujer representado por Elena de Troya se entrecruza con otros mitos y se funde con las personas reales que inspiraron ambas obras. Al margen de las referencias míticas y geográficas que podemos encontrar, lo primordial es la idea que del mundo clásico tenía Poe y cómo la plasmaba en su obra, aspecto a menudo pasado por alto.
- English
Both of the poems by E. A. Poe entitled To Helen, even though they were dedicated to different women, share an obvious classic base, in which the feminine archetype represented by Helen of Troy meets other myths and merges into the real people who inspired both poems. Leaving aside the mythical and geographic references which we may find, the most important element is Poe’s vision of the classic world and how he expressed it in his works, an aspect which has been frequently overlooked.
