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The Complete Tales & Poems of Edgar Allan Poe

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There can be no more absolute waste of time than the attempt to prove, at the present day that man, by mere exercise of will, can so impress his fellow, as to cast him into an abnormal condition, of which the phenomena resemble very closely those of death…” The Imp of the Perverse (1845) is another example of a story posing as an essay. It is an examination of theories, rather than being heavy on plot. The "imp of the perverse" is a metaphoric spirit, and refers to the urge we humans feel to do something "merely because we feel we should not." The flimsy story describes an act of murder, which was meticulously planned to look like an accident, and therefore would never have been detected save for "the imp of the perverse." The narrator arouses suspicion by behaving oddly, by running around and ultimately by confessing to the murder in a clear and "distinct enunciation." The entire story describes an act of self-destruction, as the narrator was ultimately tried and hanged for the murder. Some critics theorise that Poe was forming an early theory, which was later developed by Sigmund Freud into that of the self-conscious and repression:

In truth, while that virtue which consists in the mere avoidance of vice appeals directly to the understanding, and can thus be circumscribed in rule, the loftier virtue, which flames in creation, can be apprehended in its results alone. Rule applies but to the merits of denial - to the excellences which refrain. Beyond these, the critical art can but suggest.” Era pe vremuri un fel de obicei să-ţi baţi joc de aşa-numitele iubiri fulgerătoare. Dar oamenii, atât cei ce cugetă, cât şi cei ce simt adânc şi cu putere, le-au luat întotdeauna apărarea. Într-adevăr, datorită noilor descoperiri în aşa-numitul magnetism etic sau estetica magnetică, pare că sentimentele umane cele mai fireşti şi, prin urmare, cele mai adevărate şi mai puternice, sunt acelea care-ţi încolţesc în suflet ca printr-un fluid de simpatie spontană, că -într-un cuvânt- legăturile sufleteşti cele mai nobile şi mai trainice să fie acelea ce s-au născut dintr-o singură privire." The Gold-Bug” concerns the hunt for a buried treasure, the secret location of which is revealed in a coded map. What is concealed can be discovered, if the code is deciphered and the enigma solved. A logic is required to both encipher and decipher the message. The narrator comments:In “The Oval Portrait”, the narrator recounts a story about a painter who fell in love with a painting of his own wife, who perishes from his subsequent neglect. Poe pursues the counter-intuitive in “The Purloined Letter”, the facts of which Dupin describes as “simple and odd”, as well as a mystery that is “a little too plain, a little too self-evident”.

Edgar Allan Poe was a complex and fascinating figure, both as a writer and as a person. Edgar Allan Poe was a prominent American author, poet, and literary critic, born on January 19, 1809, in Boston, Massachusetts. Poe is known for his works of horror, mystery, and suspense, as well as his pioneering role in the development of the modern detective story. Some of his most famous works include "The Raven,""The Tell-Tale Heart," and "The Fall of the House of Usher." Annabel Lee" - A hauntingly beautiful poem about the death of a young woman, believed to be inspired by Poe's wife Virginia.In other words, bullshit (and lots of it) baffles brains. These purportedly encyclopaedic fictions “may seduce into error or hurry into miscalculation.”

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