It is our intent and purpose to foster and encourage in-depth discussion about all things related to books, authors, genres, or publishing in a safe, supportive environment. Despite these difficulties, Poe produced many works now considered essential to the American literary canon. He may not have been as influential or innovative as Wilkie Collins, but his contribution still stands. Early poetic verses found written in a young Poe’s handwriting on the backs of Allan’s ledger sheets reveal how little interest Poe had in the tobacco business.

Ligeia" prezintă melancolia neagră a unei iubiri pierdute din pricina sabiei morţii şi aura metafizică a dragostei. Much like in Black Cat where the aggression is an outward expression of inward hatred (alcoholism in that one). To celebrate Halloween, we asked our bloggers to name the scariest books they’ve ever read, and most of them got the heebie-jeebies just thinking about their answer. In the whole composition there should be no word written, of which the tendency, direct or indirect, is not to the one pre-established design.

Nici n-am apucat să mă acomodez cu introducerea că am rămas surprins de ideea mistico-filosofică din final. The madness of revenge for what may be a real or imagined slight (The Cask of Amontillado) or the madness of obsession (The Premature Burial).

Classic novels are classic for a reason: while their contemporaries fade into obscurity, they live on, telling timeless human stories that never become dated. Pretty great stuff, and indicative of how much the degradation of the self is a theme throughout Poe. Missing stories include: “The Landscape Garden,” “Maelzel’s Chess-Player,” and “Philosophy of Furniture. Edgar Allan Poe was one of the earliest pioneers of the short story and perfected the tale of psychological horror. It makes the man realise that this is life, not some whimsical world where nothing bad ever happens.He is very much shrouded in shadow and the macabre, at least, his more successful stories and poems were. The narrator of this marvellous short story experiences a whole host of emotions and mental states after his loss. The concealment tales are followed by a number of mistaken entombment tales, the first being “ The Fall of the House of Usher”. It is however not nearly as successful as "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", possibly because the standpoint taken is that of the narrator seeking to expose the true murderer, so that the element of mystery is missing. Ceea ce e "savuros", cel puţin pentru mine, e faptul că, deşi vizibilă această erudiţie, ea nu este deloc ostentativă, pedantă.

The mirroring is mocked as the pair both howl at one another, Montressor repeating his final words ‘ for the love of God’ back to him.The modern-day men in turn proceed to boast about all the discoveries and progress they expect to have taken place since Ancient Egypt, only for the mummy to counter with his own examples every time. Acknowledged master of suspense, Poe was also a poet and - as his stories of mesmerism and time travel prove - a pioneer of science fiction.