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    Edgar Allan Poe was born in 1809 in Boston to actor parents and was orphaned at a young age, being adopted by wealthy Richmond tobacco merchant John Allan. Poe struggled with gambling and alcohol problems throughout his life and worked as an editor while also publishing short stories, poems, and literary criticisms that established the genres of science fiction, detective fiction, and psychological horror. He is considered one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre.

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    Edgar Allan Poe was born in 1809 in Boston to actor parents and was orphaned at a young age, being adopted by wealthy Richmond tobacco merchant John Allan. Poe struggled with gambling and alcohol problems throughout his life and worked as an editor while also publishing short stories, poems, and literary criticisms that established the genres of science fiction, detective fiction, and psychological horror. He is considered one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre.

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    Edgar Allan Poe was born in 1809 in Boston to actor parents and was orphaned at a young age, being adopted by wealthy Richmond tobacco merchant John Allan. Poe struggled with gambling and alcohol problems throughout his life and worked as an editor while also publishing short stories, poems, and literary criticisms that established the genres of science fiction, detective fiction, and psychological horror. He is considered one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre.

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    Edgar Allan

    Poe:
    Life and
    Work
    Pili Moreno
    Life
    Born January 19th, 1809. Son At age 3 he was adopted –but
    of actors, his mother died, not legally- by John and Frances
    some sources say he found Allan. Wealthy people, sent him
    to study in a boarding school in
    her, his father, son of a Chelsea where he learned to be
    General disappeared. ultra refined..

    Attended Virginia University


    where he was meant to study
    Law and Administration but was
    Back in US he liked hearing kicked out after gambling
    fantastic stories from the problems. Fell out with John
    slaves, and read numerous Allan and tried looking for
    stories of both Gothic and General Poe in Westpoint
    Romantic genres. Military Academy where he
    excelled in sports but was
    dismissed due to his gambling
    addiction.
    Life
    He looked for writing jobs in
    New York, published some of
    his work and in 1935 became
    editor of the SOUTHERN
    Frances died in 1829.
    BALTIMORE MESSENGER
    making it flourish with his
    know-how on high society
    modals.

    On September 22nd 1835, Developed black novel


    marries 13-year-old cousin (police/detective). Virginia dies
    Virginia Eliza Clemm and had of consumption on January 30th,
    plenty pets. 1847.

    Rufus Wilmot Griswold hated


    him and, in the biography he
    wrote about Poe, invented a
    Died October 7th, 1849. curse on him, said that he was
    an addict and an alcoholic who
    constantly said someone was
    after him.
    Genres
    Novel Short story

    Essay Poetry

    Articles
    Philosophy of Composition
    (on The Raven)
    • 1. Plan the story to its conclusion before writing. This helps story planning, choosing
    tone and other elements.
    • 2. Decide the effect you want to produce.
    • 3. Write keeping in mind the conclusion you decided.
    • 4. Keep short enough so reader can complete it in one sitting. This is the unity of
    intention
    • 5. Perfect your writing: inspiration and intuition don´t cut it.
    • 6. Consider Beauty truth and passion.
    Unity of Effect

    THE EFFECT IS
    ACHIEVED
    CONSIDERING
    INCIDENT AND TONE AND CHOOSE SOME SUBJECT CHOSEN
    TONE: EITHER AN GLOSSARY TO KEY ELEMENT, IN (THEME) FOR HIM
    ORDINARY
    INCIDENT IN A
    PRODUCE AN THE RAVEN A NOTHING BEYOND
    PECULIAR TONE; A EMOTION. LOOK REFRAIN TO BE BEAUTY IN DEATH
    PECULIAR INCIDENT FOR PRECISE REPEATED LINKED AND THE
    IN ORDINARY TONE; LANGUAGE THAT TO THE EFFECT RELATIONSHIP
    OR BOTH TONE AND PRODUCES WANTED. THIS HAS WITH
    INCIDENT PARTICULAR PROTAGONIST.
    PECULIAR. IMAGES AND LINK
    THEM TO RHYTHM
    AND RIME.
    •.

    Day 1: give students Poe stories for reading in class: Ligeia, Morella, Berenice, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Facts in
    the Case of M. Valdemar, The Cask of Amontillado, The Black Cat, The Tell-Tale Heart.
    Day 2:
    Theory: The Raven and Philosophy of Composition: UNITY OF EFFECT.
    In teams fill in next chart as in example

      DESCRIPTION QUOTES

    TITLE THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH  

    EFFECT FEAR, SUSPENSE  

    TONE – (MOOD) GLOOMY, CREEPY /FAIRYTALE?  

    THEME SICKNESS/DEATH/RESPONSIBILITY/PRIDE /PRIVILEGE – THE  


    INEVITABLE
    SETTING MIDDLE AGES (KNIGHTS) – ABBEY  

    CHARACTERS PRINCE – COLLECTIVE: COURTIERS, MUSICIANS, DANCERS, ETC.  


    - DEATH
    CONFLICT THEY CANNOT FIGHT IT  

    PLOT    

    TRIGGER(S)    

    CLIMAX(ES)    

    LANGUAGE USED TO    
    CONVEY
    Day 3: exchange information with mates and create a compare and contrast chart (including setting, characters,
    narrators, conflict, climaxes, language and peculiarities).
    Groups:

    Ligeia and Morella Ligeia and Morella and Usher and


    Berenice Berenice Valdemar

    Cat and Amontillado and Heart and Cat Other


    Amontillado Heart
    Day 4: What do we know?
    Consider: PHILOSOPHY OF COMPOSITION
    1. Steps in story to produce effects.
    2. Unity of effect.
    3. Setting.
    4. Language.
    5. Narrator.
    6. Conflict.
    7. Characters.
    8. Motive/triggers.
    General Analysis

    Story and year of Narrator and Denouement (outcome)


    Setting and context Conflict Characters Motive/triggers
    publication mental state and climaxes

    LIGEIA            

    MORELLA            

    BERENICE            

    THE BLACK CAT            

    AMONTI LLADO            

    TELL-TALE            

    HOUSE USHER            

    VALDEMAR            

                 
    Day 5:
    • Which identity traits can
    you recognize in narrator
    and characters?
    • What is the
    result/influence of
    circumstance and
    upbringing?
    • Which is the role of
    expectations?
    • How are the readers now
    different from Poe´s
    contemporaries?

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