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Kelli Harrah

Kelli Harrah. CI 350. WHO IS. THIS MAN. Edgar Allan Poe. Nationality – American Lifespan - 1809 – 1849 Career - Poet and author - First Published – 1827 Famous Work - " The Black Cat " " Fall of the House of Usher ” " The Raven ” and “The Tell Tale Heart”. Genre.

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Kelli Harrah

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  1. Kelli Harrah CI 350

  2. WHO IS THIS MAN

  3. Edgar Allan Poe • Nationality – American • Lifespan - 1809 – 1849 • Career - Poet and author - First Published – 1827 • Famous Work - " The Black Cat " " Fall of the House of Usher ” " The Raven ” and “The Tell Tale Heart”

  4. Genre • Among the general public, Poe is known primarily for his mastery of the Gothic genre. • Gothic Literature • 18th and early 19th century • Conventions of Gothic literature • Evocations of horror • Suggestions of supernatural • Dark, exotic locales (castles, crumbling mansions) • Ex: The Fall of the House of Usher

  5. Poe and Psychology • While literary scholars have analyzed all of these aspects of Poe's work, they have studied many more, as well. Of particular interest is Poe's fascination with psychology. He tirelessly explored subjects such as self-destruction, madness, and imagination

  6. “The Fall of the House of Usher” • Publication: 1839 • Setting: The story begins at dusk on an autumn day in an earlier time, probably the 19th Century. The place is a forbidding mansion in a forlorn countryside. The mansion, covered by a fungus, is encircled by a small lake, called a tarn, that resembles a moat. A bridge across the tarn provides access to the mansion • Focus points: dramatic irony and structural symbolism, unidentifiable disease, madness, and resurrection • Main Characters • Roderick Usher • Madeline Usher • Unnamed Narrator

  7. Fall of (cont.) • Poe's inspiration for the story may be based upon events of the Usher House, located on Boston's Lewis Wharf. As the story goes, a sailor and the young wife of the older owner were caught and entombed in their trysting spot by her husband. When the Usher House was torn down in 1800, two bodies were found embraced in a cavity in the cellar.

  8. “The Tell Tale Heart” • Published: 1843 • Setting: The story opens in an undisclosed locale, possibly a prison, when the narrator tells readers that he is not mad. To defend his sanity, he tells a story which he believes will prove him sound of mind. His story is set in a house occupied by the narrator and an old man. • Focus Points: • A human being has a perverse, wicked side–another self–that can goad him into doing evil things that have no apparent motive • Fear of discovery can bring about discovery • The evil within is worse than the evil without • Main Characters • Unnamed Narrator • Old Man • Neighbor • Three policemen

  9. Elements of Literature to Cover throughout unit

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