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Title: Edgar Allan Poe


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Edgar Allan Poe
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Three Types of Writing
  • Poetry
  • Short Story
  • Critical essay

3
Poetry
  • The Raven
  • Annabel Lee
  • El Dorado

Musical, gothic, symbolic
4
Short Story
  • Horror Stories
  • The Telltale Heart
  • The Black Cat
  • Berenice
  • Detective Stories
  • The Murders in the Rue Morgue

5
Critical Essays
  • The Philosophy of Composition
  • Eureka

6
Rationality vs. Irrationality
Logical explanation of composition in Phil. Of
Comp. opposing mysteries of intuitive creative
process
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Rationality vs. Irrationality
  • Short Story Plot Structure
  • Mysterious event occurs
  • Rational man tries to explain it
  • In detective stories, the man does so
  • In horror stories, he does not

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  • Rationality vs. irrationality
  • Logic vs. emotion
  • Sanity vs. insanity

Poe was the epitome of the Romantic poet, a
tormented genius.
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