![]() ![]() “Usher” has been read and re-read by critic after critic, and there are several interesting “theories” to explain the major action of the tale. ![]() “Usher” was first published in 1839 in Burton’s Gentleman’s Magazine and is pretty much typical Poe material: it tells the story of a sick brother and sister who… well, let’s not give the ending away. ![]() Both are featured in “ The Fall of the House of Usher,” his most famous short story (the poem is buried inside it). Poe remains generally popular, if not lauded in academia, for both his short stories and his poetry. He’s been immensely popular in France, and many scholars attribute this popularity to the gorgeous translations of his work by the poet Baudelaire, who rendered Poe poetic instead of melodramatic (overly dramatic). ![]() He is the master of dismemberment, underground crypts, murder, suffocation, ghosts, the living dead, haunted mansions, blood, and all the other lovely features of your favorite horror movies. The Fall of the House of Usher IntroductionĮdgar Allan Poe was an American writer in the first half of the 19th century famous for scaring the heck out of his readers. ![]()
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