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Edgar Allan Poe: The Master of the Macabre
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- 1. Edgar Allan Poe: The Master of the Macabre
- 2. Edgar Allan PoeBorn January 19, 1809Foster family
- 3. Legend of the Poe ToasterEvery year on
- 4. Driven by His FearsAlcoholismMadnessPremature BurialDeathMourningDecompositionReanimationPseudoscience
- 5. Descent Into MadnessPerhaps fitting for a man
- 6. Philosophy of CompositionPoe believed that all short
- 7. Background and key terms to know:Cask of
- 8. Short Story Selections“The Black Cat”“The Fall of
- 9. “The Raven”
- 10. Symbolism of the RavenBird of ill omenDiet
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Edgar Allan PoeBorn January 19, 1809Foster family by 1810.Married cousin Virginia Clemm in 1835.Virginia died in 1847.Died October 7, 1849 in Baltimore under mysterious circumstances.
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Слайд 2Edgar Allan Poe
Born January 19, 1809
Foster family by 1810.
Married cousin
Virginia Clemm in 1835.
Virginia died in 1847.
Died October 7, 1849
in Baltimore under mysterious circumstances.
Слайд 3Legend of the Poe Toaster
Every year on Poe’s birthday, a
mysterious visitor places three black roses and a bottle of
cognac on his (original) grave.The identity and reasons for this remain unknown.
Слайд 4Driven by His Fears
Alcoholism
Madness
Premature Burial
Death
Mourning
Decomposition
Reanimation
Pseudoscience
Слайд 5Descent Into Madness
Perhaps fitting for a man named for the
character in Lear, Poe flirted with madness his whole life.
He
also littered his works with insanity, often using the “unreliable narrator” as a device.
Слайд 6Philosophy of Composition
Poe believed that all short stories should:
Be read
in one sitting
Use deliberate crafting
Avoid didacticism
Pursue aesthetics only
Use verisimilitude
Maintain “unity
of effect” in all thingsRe: Aristotlean unities
Outlined in Graham’s Magazine, April 1846
Слайд 7Background and key terms to know:
Cask of Amontillado – container
of good wine
Carnivale or Mardi Gras – festival atmosphere
Motley or
harlequin – jester outfit Catacombs – underground space for burial
Nitre – decayed bone/flesh elements
This story is for freshmen only….
Слайд 8Short Story Selections
“The Black Cat”
“The Fall of the House of
Usher”
“The Masque of the Red Death”
“The Tell-Tale Heart”
“The Pit and
the Pendulum”This section is for sophomores only….
Слайд 10Symbolism of the Raven
Bird of ill omen
Diet of carrion
The dead
Lost
souls
Remembrance
Present at creation
Trickster god
1st bird off the Ark
Bran the Blessed
Tower
of LondonTaught Cain how to bury his brother
2 at Odin’s shoulders, named Thought and Memory
NFL team
This section is for sophomores only….
