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  2. The Tell-Tale Heart - Wikipedia

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    "The Tell-Tale Heart" in The Pioneer: A Literary and Critical Magazine, page 29 "The Tell-Tale Heart" was first published in January 1843 in the inaugural issue of The Pioneer: A Literary and Critical Magazine, a short-lived Boston magazine edited by James Russell Lowell and Robert Carter who were listed as the "proprietors" on the front cover ...

  3. Stream of consciousness - Wikipedia

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    In literary criticism, stream of consciousness is a narrative mode or method that attempts "to depict the multitudinous thoughts and feelings which pass through the mind" of a narrator. [1] It is usually in the form of an interior monologue which is disjointed or has irregular punctuation. [2] The term was first used in 1855 and was first ...

  4. American Gothic fiction - Wikipedia

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    The first publication of "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe in The Pioneer edited by James Russell Lowell, 1843.Early American Gothic writers were particularly concerned with frontier wilderness anxiety and the lasting effects of a Puritanical society.

  5. AP English Literature and Composition - Wikipedia

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    Physics C (discontinued 1973) Russian Language and Culture (discontinued 2010) v. t. e. Advanced Placement (AP) English Literature and Composition (also known as Senior AP English, AP Lit, APENG, or AP English IV) is a course and examination offered by the College Board [1] as part of the Advanced Placement Program in the United States.

  6. Gothic fiction - Wikipedia

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    Gothic literary themes appear all throughout the story, such as how the past physically creeps into the ambiguously modern setting, recurrent imagery of doubles (notably regarding Dante and his twin brother), and the persisting melodramas associated with Dante's father's fame, absence, and demonic heritage.

  7. In medias res - Wikipedia

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    In medias res. A narrative work beginning in medias res (Classical Latin: [ɪn ˈmɛdɪ.aːs ˈreːs], lit. "into the middle of things") opens in the chronological middle of the plot, rather than at the beginning (cf. ab ovo, ab initio). [1] Often, exposition is initially bypassed, instead filled in gradually through dialogue, flashbacks, or ...

  8. Stylistic device - Wikipedia

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    The easiest stylistic device to identify is a simile, signaled by the use of the words "like" or "as". A simile is a comparison used to attract the reader's attention and describe something in descriptive terms. Example: "From up here on the fourteenth floor, my brother Charley looks like an insect scurrying among other insects."

  9. Here’s the adventure those with ‘tell-tale hearts’ enjoyed ...

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    This year’s theme found her more in her element with America’s famous Gothic fiction writer. ... she pulled clues from “The Cask of Amontillado,” “The Tell-Tale Heart” and “The Raven ...