Dark But Not Always Gothic Writings of Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne

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In five pages this paper compares Hawthorne's 'The Minister's Black Veil' with Poe's short stories 'The Fall of the House of Usher' and 'Ligeia' in an argument that asserts that while Poe's stories are representative of the Gothic traditions Hawthorne's tale, while certainly dark, is not Gothic. Three sources are cited in the bibliography.