American Literature

Edgar Allan Poe. Image taken from: https://www.newhistorian.com.  Edgar Allan Poe, (Boston, January 19, 1809 - Baltimore, October 7, 1849). He was a literature writer and a romantic journalist, he wrote different kinds of stories, poems, and critics. He is considered not just to be a master in the short story, but also the creator of the detective style, and helped to give origin to the science fiction genre. He recreated the Gothic novel, and he is admired for horror stories. He was also one of the first authors who tried to live from the art of writing, however, this idea did not work.  The Masque of the Red Death. Image taken from: https://www.moma.org/ The Masque of the Red Death could be described as a short gothic story. It has been described as an allegory about the inevitability of death since no one can escape it, rich or poor, famous people or just one of the crowds, everyone, sooner or later, will feel its slow or rapid last kiss. The first publication of this story dates fr