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Introduction
This guide has been created for year 11 students studying Short Stories in their ATAR English classes.
A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest types of literature and has existed in the form of legends, mythic tales, folk tales, fairy tales, fables and anecdotes in various ancient communities across the world. The modern short story developed in the early 19th century.
Poe's Work
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Poe, E. A. (1846). The philosophy of composition. Graham’s Magazine, 28(4), 163-167. Retrieved from http://www.eapoe.org/works/essays/philcomp.htm
This article outline's Poe's theory on the composition of the short story. -
Poe, E. A. (1841, July). A few words on secret writing. Graham’s Magazine, 19, 33-38. Retrieved from http://www.eapoe.org/works/essays/fwsw0741.htm
Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story, and is generally considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre. He is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. -
Rosenheim, S. (1989). "The king of `secret readers'": Edgar Poe, cryptography, and the origins of the detective story. ELH, 56(2), 375-400.
In December of 1839 Edgar Allan Poe began submitting a series of short, unsigned pieces on cryptography and conundrums to a short-lived Philadelphia newspaper, Alexander's Weekly Messenger.
Definitions
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GothicAdjective - noting or pertaining to a style of literature characterized by a gloomy setting, grotesque, mysterious, or violent events, and an atmosphere of degeneration and decay.