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... stories. Having roots in French, German, and English literature, this was uncharted territory for rising American Romantic authors. Most notable for his contributions to this genre of literature was Edgar Allan Poe, who was indeed attracted to the exotic, otherworldly trappings of the Gothic. Particularly in the works of Poe, the Gothic took on a new edge toward the psychological exploration of ... the human mind. In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher", the author depicts the workings of a human mind on the verge of insanity through the use of an allegory of which all ......
"The Fall of the House of Usher," " a short story published in 1939, is one of the most popular fictional narratives of Edgar Allan Poe. The tale centers on the feelings of the narrator upon visiting the house of one of his boyhood companions, and the anonymous and mystified nerve of its proprietor, Roderick ... ...
Edgar Allan Poe's stories often leave out important facts so that the reader shall form his or her own opinions about the story and decipher it in their own way. According to Dawn Sova, Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado" "is considered a masterpiece because of its blend of horror at the protagonist's ...