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Edgar Allan Poe is celebrated as the genius of the gothic horror story. Emphasizing the grotesque, the mysterious, the desolate, and the horrible, he arouses fear in readers. He is the champion of storytelling that gives us a nervous sense of the ghostly and the supernatural.

CliffsNotes on Poe's Short Stories takes you inside the mind of this one-of-a-kind American author. Consider his place in the Romantic movement and examine his critical theories with the insightful essays in this book. In-depth critical commentaries cover the following stories and more:

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Study Guide Includes:

1. Fall of the House of Usher
2. Ligeia
3. Murders in the Rue Morgue
4. Purloined Letter
5. Tell-Tale Heart
6. Black Cat
7. Cask of Amontillado
8. William Wilson
9. Pit and the Pendulum
10. Masque of the Red Death