Ralph Waldo Emerson Ralph Waldo Emerson was a key literary figure in the development of transcendentalism and in the American Romanticism Movement. According to literary folklore, Ralph Waldo Emerson began the American Romanticism movement. ... It was considered the first illustration of American literary genius. ... Encouraging the writers of America to establish their literary independence from Europe, Emerson addressed the society in his speech called, "The American Scholar." ... Each American romantic adopted his own style and theme. ...

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As in many of Edgar Allan Poe's short stories there is one main theme. In The Tell Tale Heart the main theme is death. ... Because Poe grew up around death, it is his most often used theme. ... Another literary characteristic of Poe is setting. ... The last literary device used by Poe is character. ...

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During the nineteenth century there was a literary transformation going on in America that changed many writers" approach and mind-set to writing. ... A theme that is used in nearly every literary piece is nature, which Romantic poets utilize to convey their overall message to their readers. ...

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Poe also attempted to address what he thought of as the proper themes and techniques that made his writing resonate with people the world over. Concerning prose, Poe settled on two ideas that he felt should be the basis of prose, the themes being those of unity and vagueness. ... Valdemar" is an excellent example of his concepts of literary vagueness and unity. These concepts allow the reader to stay focused on the main theme, while forcing them to create a lot of the horror for themselves. ...

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Poe is known for his dark tales of horror, murder, and apparent fear of being buried alive as seen by the central theme to many of his short stories. ... He uses his literary magic to weave a tale of suspense and psychological horrors. Although the reasons behind this murder tale aren't clear, Poe uses the theme of disguise to tell this gruesome tale. ... This appears to be a well thought out plan, premeditation if you will, that fits perfectly into the theme of disguise used throughout the story. ... While this particular story deviates slightly from other short stories in the method ...

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The theme is the controlling idea that the author is trying to convey to the reader in his work. Edgar Allen Poe was a writer who used a dark and negative theme in his works. "The Cask of Amontillado" is no different; in this work the main theme that Poe utilizes is revenge, a perfect example of a dark and negative theme. ... Montresor's family arms and family motto also play a part in the theme. ... The literary element of theme always plays a big part in short stories, as the writer's main idea and point he is trying to convey in the theme is what the whole story is based on. ...

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Besides his writing of poetry, he wrote a number of prose works, including a collection of art and literary reviews and several short stories and novels. ... Baudelaire also rejected the Romantic theme of nature worship. ... Baudelaire's rejection of Romantic themes did not extend to the Romantic reverence for nostalgia and memory. ... This concept is exposed in Les fleurs du mal, the theme of which is the conflict between good and evil. ... Baudelaire has often been called the forerunner of symbolism, a literary movement that swept through most of France by 1886. ...

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All of the literary elements in The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe contribute to the mood of horror. ... The theme is that no one can escape death. ... All of the literary elements in The Masque of the Red Death contribute to the mood of horror. ...

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Although always descriptive and colorful, nearly all gothic stories provide dark themes such as despair, death, and loss. Even where the mood of these stories may seem gloomy or depressing, gothic literature also adds a unique dimension for readers, as it speaks of dark historical themes, such as slavery and aristocratic decay. Poe's style in literary magazines played on this same concept, where the past haunts the present and stories don't have fairytale endings or pleasant, perfect characters. ... Beyond the use of gothic to portray landscape or tone, Poe also uses it to add cultur...

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Poe's sense of mood and tone in his writing help create a thrilling, strange, and mysterious atmosphere, which leads to the theme (Chua, 297). ... In a critic written by Martha Womack, she explains how the narrator's "nervousness" is a frequently used literary device of Poe to establish tone through heightened states of consciousness (Womack, Poedecoder). ... The use of tone and mood in the story really does help build the possible themes which could be associated with the story. ... All in all, Poe wrote another very interesting story, with a theme which readers can try to de...

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It treats his favorite theme, the death of a beautiful woman and how to mourn for his lost love. ... Even though Poe was a creator of many types of short stories and a literary critic, he is still best known for his work of "The Raven" because of all the elements he employed in the work. ... People benefit from his hard comings from the work he has done with his literary pieces, such as "The Raven." ...

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In this dissertation, Poe described the creation and work involved in composing his well-known literary masterpiece, "The Raven". ... Poe chose beauty for the theme of the poem and summarizes reasons for this theme: Beauty is the sole legitimate province of the poem. ...

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In this dissertation, Poe described the creation and work involved in composing his well-known literary masterpiece, "The Raven". ... Poe chose Beauty for the theme of the poem stating, " Beauty is the sole legitimate province of the poem"...

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Bradstreet was the first to write about personal matters, which is her greatest literary contribution in early American literature. ... In theme, Poe places the human mind under investigation and probes insanity beneath the surface of normal existence. ...

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In "The Philosophy of Composition," Poe stresses his idea to express a single effect when the literary work is to be read in one sitting. ... To allow an easy appreciation Poe chose Beauty to be the theme of the poem, since "Beauty is the sole legitimate province of the poem" (Poe, 1850). ...

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Mad Montresor: An unreliable storyteller Infamous Nineteenth century American writer Edgar Allan Poe is best known for crafting gothic writings that have deep characters and dark themes. His 1846 psychological thriller "Cask of Amontillado" is a perfect example because it not only has a narrator that appears to have a mental discrepancy but also has a murderous theme of revenge. ... Poe employs this literary device often to induce the reader not only to study Montresor, but also for self-examination. ...

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This essay will explain how Poe utilizes the theme of pride and other literary techniques, such as foreshadowing and irony, to create a captivating yet alarmingly horrific mystery. ... By far the most ironic theme is found at the end of the story. ...

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Born Edgar Poe in 1809, Poe was to become a literary master of the early nineteenth century. ... In Poe's "The Black Cat" the theme seems to be that human unreasoning and impulsive destructive behavior towards animals and fellow humans results in incarceration and personal mental breakdown. ...

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He was an American author, poet, editor and literary critic and was better known for his tales of mystery and horror. ... If you read a lot of Poe's stories, you realize they have a kind of fun and playful feeling to them in spite of themes of death, murder, and betrayal. ...

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Through Poe's construction of this theme, the house being the foundation of the mind, other aspects can be incorporated such as the houses physical description, symbolically modeling a depressed and fragile state of mind. ... From the characters representing different aspects of the mind to the house symbolizing the mind as a whole, Poe successfully maps the workings of a mind falling into madness through the use of traditional literary techniques. ...

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