Montresor and Fortunato keep walking deeper into the catacombs, with Montresor describing his long family lineage and his family's coat of arms, that of a human foot crushing a snake. The family motto is yet another brick in the wall of the pending demise of Fortunato Nemo “me impune laces...
Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) ‐ obsessed with crime“Hop‐Frog” (1849), about a court jester who dresses a king and his ministers as apes beforeGothic novels and popular crime narratives ‐ detective fiction, in its earliest forms cannot be limited to one lineage or set of conventions...
stories:poe„sspecialflavour Strangeplaces---aruinedabbey,acastleontheRhine(withelaborate,dimlyorluridlymacabreatmosphere)Thingshappen---atnight,inunlitinteriorsHeroesandheroines--ancientandaristocraticlineage,theyareeruditeandaccomplished-yetdoomed.Inparticulars---usingthetrappingsoftheGothicNovel(hardlydiffers...
Alone by Edgar Allan Poe: A Masterpiece of Self-Reflection and Solitude Edgar Allan Poe, the master of macabre and mystery, is known for his dark and haunting tales that have captivated readers for generations. However, his poem Alone, published in 1875, is a departure from his usual style...
. . . . $6.99 Johnson, Mat Pym (A failed academic acquires an old slave narrative manuscript confirming that Edgar Allan Poe's The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym is a true story. He sets out for Antarctica to discover the land of black people that Poe describes, but instead he and his...
stories:poe‘sspecialflavour Strangeplaces---aruinedabbey,acastleontheRhine(withelaborate,dimlyorluridlymacabreatmosphere)Thingshappen---atnight,inunlitinteriorsHeroesandheroines--ancientandaristocraticlineage,theyareeruditeandaccomplished-yetdoomed.Inparticulars---usingthetrappingsoftheGothicNovel(hardlydiffersfrom...