... natural world until its dull reality vanished, solely revealing its underlying beauty and truth. Arising from these new techniques came the Romantic approach to the development of Gothic novels, and short 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 ... 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 insan...

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