Welcome to my blog!
Started choosing a story for my blog, what was my fortune to chance upon Edgar Allan Poe's Nine Favorite Short Stories. As I delt with some of his stories previously, I decided to work with one unfamiliar to me, which is "The Masque of the Red Death"
Welcome to my blog!
Started choosing a story for my blog, what was my fortune to chance upon Edgar Allan Poe's Nine Favorite Short Stories. As I delt with some of his stories previously, I decided to work with one unfamiliar to me, which is "The Masque of the Red Death"
On January 19, 1809,
Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Poe’s father and mother,
both professional actors, died before the poet was three years old, and John
and Frances Allan raised him as a foster child in Richmond, Virginia.
This daguerreotype of Poe was made by William Pratt approximately 3 weeks before Poe died, in 1849. Poe, arguing that he was not suitably dressed, was coaxed upstairs and photographed. Poe was 40 years old.
On January 19, 1809,
Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Poe’s father and mother,
both professional actors, died before the poet was three years old, and John
and Frances Allan raised him as a foster child in Richmond, Virginia.
Poe’s work as an
editor, a poet, and a critic had a profound impact on American and
international literature. His stories mark him as one of the originators of
both horror and detective fiction. Many anthologies credit him as the
“architect” of the modern short story. He was also one of the first critics to
focus primarily on the effect of style and structure in a literary work; as
such, he has been seen as a forerunner to the “art for art’s sake” movement.
French Symbolists such as Mallarmé and Rimbaud claimed him as a literary
precursor.
Today, Poe is
remembered as one of the first American writers to become a major figure in
world literature.
This daguerreotype of Poe was made by William Pratt approximately 3 weeks before Poe died, in 1849. Poe, arguing that he was not suitably dressed, was coaxed upstairs and photographed. Poe was 40 years old.
