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The works of American author Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) include many poems, short stories, and one novel.His fiction spans multiple genres, including horror fiction, adventure, science fiction, and detective fiction, a genre he is credited with inventing. [1]
"Spirits of the Dead" was first titled "Visits of the Dead" when it was published in the 1827 collection Tamerlane and Other Poems. The title was changed for the 1829 collection Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems. The poem follows a dialogue between a dead speaker and a person visiting his grave. The spirit tells the person that those who ...
The narrator's decision to name his daughter Morella implies his subconscious desire for her death, just as he had for her mother. [1] Allen Tate suggested that Morella's rebirth may be her becoming a vampire to wreak vengeance on the narrator.
The companion piece, "How to Write a Blackwood Article", is also narrated by Psyche Zenobia in the first person. It serves as a satirical "how-to" fiction on formulaic horror stories typically printed in the Scottish Blackwood's Magazine. The term "article", in Poe's time, also commonly referred to short stories rather than just non-fiction.
The most influential Gothic writer from this period was the American Edgar Allan Poe, who wrote numerous short stories and poems reinterpreting Gothic tropes. His story "The Fall of the House of Usher" (1839) revisits classic Gothic tropes of aristocratic decay, death, and insanity. [59] Poe is now considered the master of the American Gothic. [1]
Some critics believe the story was meant as a satire of typical sea tales. Poe submitted "MS. Found in a Bottle" as one of many entries to a writing contest offered by the weekly Baltimore Saturday Visiter. Each of the stories was well liked by the judges but they unanimously chose "MS. Found in a Bottle" as the contest's winner, earning Poe a ...