The life of Edgar Allan Poe is almost as strange as his poems and short stories. He is considered by many to be one of the most famous poets and short-story writers. Poe was born on January 19, 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts to Eliza and David Poe Jr. His parents were both actors and shortly...

Through Edgar Allan Poe's magnificent style of writing, he provided the world with some of the most mystifying poems and short stories. Although not appreciated during his time, Poe has gained considerable recognition after his death. James Russel Lowell stated, in a book by Louis Broussard, "He com...

Edgar Allan Poe Ssshhh! What's that noise beneath the floor? Sound familiar, maybe you have heard this revised phrase from shows like, The Simpsons or Friends. That phrase came from The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, who was a write ahead of his time. He produced many classic book...

OutlineThesis: The Cask of Amontillado is about revenge.I.IntroductionII.Psychoanalytical Criticism A.Poe's Revenge1.Father2.MotherIII.New CriticismA.Irony of Revenge1.Controlled2.StructuredIV.New HistoricismA.History's view of Revenge1.Poe's Time2.Critic's TimeV.Comparison of New Criticism and New ...

In preparation for this paper I read over many different types and genres of texts, trying endlessly to find a text that I did not understand, but also one that intrigued me. Nothing that I read caught my attention and grabbed me from the first line. That is until I came to Edgar Allen Poe. Thi...

In American culture, there is an image of the tortured artist who abuses alcohol or drugs. Edgar Allan Poe, Jackson Pollock and Kurt Cobain are a few examples. Several of the writers we have read so far, including Baldwin, Hemingway, Faulkner, and Carver had serious problems wit...

Edgar Allan Poe has to be the most mysterious of authors that the world has ever seen. He has been the subject of more biographies, analyses, and studies than any other American author, yet now; more than 150 years after his death, much of the details of his tumultuous life are still unknown. Much...