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“The Fall of the House of Usher” Edgar Allan Poe 1839 “The Fall of the House of Usher” The gothic context of the tale The doubling motif of the tale The function of setting in the tale The structural unity of the tale The Gothic literary tradition Begun in eighteenth century England Novelists Horace Walpole Ann Radcliffe Matthew “Monk” Lewis Popular form in British literary journals Imported into American short story - 19th century Key ingredient was sensationalism Gothic Architecture in America Started in US about 1840 Steeply pitched roofs Pointed arch windows Elaborate trim around roof edges High dormers Lancet windows Poe’s “house of Usher” looks more like a medieval castle or English cathedral in Gothic style The house might look something like this (from a photograph by Simon Marsden in his Visions of Poe) Elements of Gothic Writing Emphasis on setting Exterior: landscape Interior: houses Castle-like architecture Characters are brooding, secretive Buried family secrets Long history of family tied to place The Doubling Motif In literary criticism, this is called a “doppelganger,” from the German for “double-goer” Examples are: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson) The Secret Sharer (Joseph Conrad) What function does the doppelganger motif serve? Represents the dual nature of man In Poe, one side of man is reason, or the mind The other is emotion, or the body Roderick and Madeleine are genetically twins, but psychologically they are also doubles. Who Represents What? Roderick An artist figure (509) Nervous agitation (509) Lives in dark upstairs apartment (511) Cadaverous complexion (511) “want of moral energy” (511) “excessive nervous agitation” (511-12) Roderick’s mental condition is affected by his environment “He was enchanted by certain superstitious impressions in regard to the dwelling which he tenanted . . . An effect which the physique of the gray walls and turrets, and of the dim tarn into which they all looked down, had, at length, b

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