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Gothic to the Extreme in the Writings of Flannery O'Conner and Edgar Allan Poe

In five pages this paper discusses the Gothic aspects of the writings by Flannery O'Connor and Edgar Allan Poe. Five sources are ...

Literary Crime Fiction

In five pages this paper discusses how the crime fiction literary genre developed throughout the late 19th and early 20th centurie...

Death Theme in Poetry of the Early Nineteenth Century

In five pages this paper examines how the death theme predominates in the poetry of Edgar Allan Poe, Emily Dickinson, Lydia Huntle...

Literature and Women's Social Status

close to his sister, one has to contemplate the possibility of incest which adds to the seductiveness that many authors attribute ...

American Literature Overview

In five pages this research paper examines American literature from the late 18th century through the 20th century with such autho...

Portrayals of Humanity and Science in Frankenstein and Maezel's Chess Player

A 5 page analysis of humanity and science as they are portrayed by Mary Shelly's and Edgar Allan Poe. 2 sources....

Women's Influence Upon Edgar Allan Poe

death. Not simply because death equates with grief, but there is also the element of terror, the fear of a small child at the loss...

American Contributions of Edgar Allan Poe

"These sketches will . . . will include every person of literary note in America; and will investigate carefully, and with rigorou...

4 Questions on Literature

In five pages four questions pertaining to Frederick Douglass, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Emily Dickinson, and Edgar Allan Poe are consi...

Language Elements in House of Usher

A 5 page analysis of language elements in the classic tale by Edgar Alan Poe. The author highlights setting, theme, imagery and p...

Mirrored Consciousness Examples

In five pages this report considers The Mirror of Consciousness by Henry James and the author's contention that situation reaction...

Theme of Revenge in 'The Cask of Amontillado' by Edgar Allan Poe

In five pages this paper examines how Poe employs the theme of revenge and how it underscored the desires of the author for reveng...

American Literature

little concern for the development, the past, of the relationships that play a very important part in the stories. One could well ...

The Tell-Tale Heart and the Doppelganger Image

WILL you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses, not destroyed, not dulled them" (Poe). He describes himself as "v...

Gothic Genre of Edgar Allan Poe

In ten pages the ways in which Poe contributed to the gothic literary genre establishment is considered in an analysis of 'The Cas...

Poetic Melancholy in the Prose of Edgar Allan Poe

In five pages this paper considers the life of Poe as an insightful backdrop to a consideration of the author's employment of mela...

'The Raven' by Edgar Allan Poe

In seven pages this poetic explication reveals how Poe was able to achieve his morbid atmosphere through the literary elements of ...

Fiction Writing and Philosophy of the Romantic Era

truly fulfilled, and in fact he likens this fulfillment to a nearly spiritual ideal. On the other hand, there was...

Edgar Allan Poe, September 11, 2001, Revenge, and Judgment

that "justice" was being defined since 9/11 appears to equate it with vengeance. A headline in the November 16th edition of the ...

Doubling in 'The Fall of the House of Usher' by Edgar Allan Poe

was paramount to understanding many of his stories and aspects of the life of Poe are often mirrored within the narrators of his s...

Writing Challenges

work following the writing will also help ensure all points have been added and may trigger some more ideas. Once the work is wr...

Art in the Life of Edgar Allan Poe

the age of 24 left her son with deep emotional wounds that never completely healed. It is believed that there is a little of Eliz...

The Influence of Edgar Allen Poe

"In the nineteenth century, Poe influenced Ambrose Bierce and Robert Louis Stevenson, among others. Twentieth-century writers who ...

Differing View of Democracy

that country is assuredly America" (de Tocqueville). de Tocqueville discusses universal suffrage, which he says "had been adopted...

Edgar Allen Poe and Emily Dickinson

that both of these individuals were perhaps depressed, at least a few times in their lives, and thus their work examined the darke...

Wife of Bath’s Tale and Wedding of Sir Gawain

together and makes possible the fraternal and hierarchic bonds of chivalric solidarity" (Hahn). This contrasts sharply with the fo...

The Short Story 'The Abortion' from the Collection You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down by Alice Walker

In nine pages reader empathy and understanding of Imani is considered through access to the protagonist's deeply personal emotions...

Comparative Analysis of Short Stories "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka and "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

man, lying face down in the mud, who, in spite of his tremendous efforts, couldnt get up, impeded by his enormous wings" (Marquez)...

The Alter Ego of Pym Analyzed in 'The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym' by Edgar Allan Poe

evidenced in his relationship with both Augustus and Dirk Peters. Augustus is the son of the captain of the ship of which Pym is ...

Mary Tyler Moore Show & Feminist Theory

photogenic, but air-headed newscaster. Additional cast members were Valerie Harper, as Marys best friend Rhoda; Cloris Leachman, n...