ST102 Gothic Monsters

The Fall of the House of Usher: the house as body

Poe's tale of a family, a building and a tarn rotting together, and the Gothic landscape it left to the swamp.

About 90 minutes.

Reading for this lesson

  • Required "The Fall of the House of Usher" Edgar Allan Poe the whole story

    Short. Read it twice, the second time aloud.

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  • Recommended Gothic Fred Botting the section on American Gothic

    Poe is where the tradition crosses the Atlantic.

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