logging in or signing up Edgar Allan Poe jdadamo Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT lite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 2643 Category: Education License: Some Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: October 14, 2009 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 2 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Edgar Allan Poe: The Master of the Macabre : Edgar Allan Poe: The Master of the Macabre English Dept. Mr. John D’Adamo Edgar Allan Poe : Edgar Allan Poe Born January 19, 1809 Foster family by 1810. Married cousin Virginia Clemm in 1835. Virginia died in 1847. Died October 7, 1849 in Baltimore under mysterious circumstances. Legend of the Poe Toaster : Legend of the Poe Toaster Every year on Poe’s birthday, a mysterious visitor places three black roses and a bottle of cognac on his (original) grave. The identity and reasons for this remain unknown. Driven by His Fears : Driven by His Fears Alcoholism Madness Premature Burial Death Mourning Decomposition Reanimation Pseudoscience Descent Into Madness : Descent Into Madness Perhaps fitting for a man named for the character in Lear, Poe flirted with madness his whole life. He also littered his works with insanity, often using the “unreliable narrator” as a device. Philosophy of Composition : Philosophy of Composition Poe believed that all short stories should: Be read in one sitting Use deliberate crafting Avoid didacticism Pursue aesthetics only Use verisimilitude Maintain “unity of effect” in all things Re: Aristotlean unities Outlined in Graham’s Magazine, April 1846 Slide 7: Background and key terms to know: Cask of Amontillado – container of good wine Carnivale or Mardi Gras – festival atmosphere Motley or harlequin – jester outfit Catacombs – underground space for burial Nitre – decayed bone/flesh elements This story is for freshmen only…. Short Story Selections : Short Story Selections “The Black Cat” “The Fall of the House of Usher” “The Masque of the Red Death” “The Tell-Tale Heart” “The Pit and the Pendulum” This section is for sophomores only…. “The Raven” : “The Raven” Symbolism of the Raven : Symbolism of the Raven Bird of ill omen Diet of carrion The dead Lost souls Remembrance Present at creation Trickster god 1st bird off the Ark Bran the Blessed Tower of London Taught Cain how to bury his brother 2 at Odin’s shoulders, named Thought and Memory NFL team This section is for sophomores only…. You do not have the permission to view this presentation. In order to view it, please contact the author of the presentation.
Edgar Allan Poe jdadamo Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT lite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 2643 Category: Education License: Some Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: October 14, 2009 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 2 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Edgar Allan Poe: The Master of the Macabre : Edgar Allan Poe: The Master of the Macabre English Dept. Mr. John D’Adamo Edgar Allan Poe : Edgar Allan Poe Born January 19, 1809 Foster family by 1810. Married cousin Virginia Clemm in 1835. Virginia died in 1847. Died October 7, 1849 in Baltimore under mysterious circumstances. Legend of the Poe Toaster : Legend of the Poe Toaster Every year on Poe’s birthday, a mysterious visitor places three black roses and a bottle of cognac on his (original) grave. The identity and reasons for this remain unknown. Driven by His Fears : Driven by His Fears Alcoholism Madness Premature Burial Death Mourning Decomposition Reanimation Pseudoscience Descent Into Madness : Descent Into Madness Perhaps fitting for a man named for the character in Lear, Poe flirted with madness his whole life. He also littered his works with insanity, often using the “unreliable narrator” as a device. Philosophy of Composition : Philosophy of Composition Poe believed that all short stories should: Be read in one sitting Use deliberate crafting Avoid didacticism Pursue aesthetics only Use verisimilitude Maintain “unity of effect” in all things Re: Aristotlean unities Outlined in Graham’s Magazine, April 1846 Slide 7: Background and key terms to know: Cask of Amontillado – container of good wine Carnivale or Mardi Gras – festival atmosphere Motley or harlequin – jester outfit Catacombs – underground space for burial Nitre – decayed bone/flesh elements This story is for freshmen only…. Short Story Selections : Short Story Selections “The Black Cat” “The Fall of the House of Usher” “The Masque of the Red Death” “The Tell-Tale Heart” “The Pit and the Pendulum” This section is for sophomores only…. “The Raven” : “The Raven” Symbolism of the Raven : Symbolism of the Raven Bird of ill omen Diet of carrion The dead Lost souls Remembrance Present at creation Trickster god 1st bird off the Ark Bran the Blessed Tower of London Taught Cain how to bury his brother 2 at Odin’s shoulders, named Thought and Memory NFL team This section is for sophomores only….