Edgar Allen Poe Lover, Nevermore By Edgar Allan Poe

Animal Lover, “Nevermore” Romanticism is a time that hit America in the early to mid nineteenth century. This was a time of the individual spirit, where your life is a quest to find your true self and the more you know, the better. In this era we emphasized imagination and expressing yourself, usually through art. This time period was where we first saw cultural and social conflicts arise. We were left to question how to deal with these issues and what were the most rational responses. This caused us to pick apart our minds. At this time, our self-anxieties prompted a fascination with horror and an interest in the undiscovered. Including the fascination with death and what happens afterwards. We were left to tackle psychological ills and rebellious drives. Americans
Edgar Allen Poe taps into our brains demanding deep, intrusive thought. He portrays ideologies in “The Black Cat” to cause the reader to think individually, appealing to our subconscious fascination with horror. The work represents Romanticism by displaying a gothic theme and tampering with your internal human nature. He transforms literature by telling “criminal” side of the story. He gives the “villain’s” perspective, while not ignoring the gruesome thoughts almost never written about. Poe’s tone alone transformed nineteenth century values. Poe demands two things of literary creation. It must create a wholesome effect on the reader in order to be successful. Also, the effect must be deliberate by the author and expressed in the most meticulous fashion. What is the intent of the story? In “The