1. EDGAR ALLEN POE

2. BACK ROUND
The Fall of the House of Ushers
The Tell-Tale Heart
The Raven

3. THE
TELL-TALE HEART
Dark Romantics
Symbolism
Irony
Flat Characters
sadomasochism

4. Edgar Allen Poe had a life of tragedy and disappointment. This showed in his
later works after the passing of his wife from tubocullos in 1845.
Died at the age of 40
200 years later Edgar Allen Poe is still being analyzed.

5. IMPACT ON LITERATURE
Edgar Allen Poe credited for writing the first detective story.
One of the first to write in Gothic genre.
Credited with creating the first dective story
Showed extreme sexual symbolism in Tell-Tale Heart.