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Edgar Allan Poe didn't just write horror; he engineered it. As the first American to attempt living solely by his pen, he transformed the short story from a casual amusement into a mathematical weapon of emotional impact. This audiobook deconstructs the logic behind the madness.
In this deep dive into the macabre, you will analyze:
The Unity of Effect: How he designed every word to deliver a singular, crushing blow.
Inventing Detection: The birth of C. Auguste Dupin and the "locked room" mystery in The Murders in the Rue Morgue.
Psychological Horror: The unreliable narrators and the "imp of the perverse" in The Tell-Tale Heart.
Poetry as Math: Deconstructing the calculated rhythm and refrain of The Raven.
Cosmic Collapse: His final obsession with the annihilation of the self in Eureka.
Discover the mind that captivated Baudelaire and birthed the modern genres of mystery and science fiction.
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Biography and Memoir, Literary Classics
