Tell Tale Heart
The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
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eNotes: Table of Contents
1. The Tell-Tale Heart: Introduction 2. The Tell-Tale Heart: Overview 3. The Tell-Tale Heart: Edgar Allan Poe Biography 4. The Tell-Tale Heart: Summary 5. The Tell-Tale Heart: Characters 6. The Tell-Tale Heart: Themes 7. The Tell-Tale Heart: Style 8. The Tell-Tale Heart: Historical Context 9. The Tell-Tale Heart: Critical Overview 10. The Tell-Tale Heart: Essays and Criticism ♦ The First-Person Narrative Viewpoint in the “Tell-Tale Heart” ♦ The Twin and the Doppelganger ♦ Poe’s ‘‘The Tell-Tale Heart’’ ♦ The Question of Poe’s Narrators ♦ Edgar Allan Poe: ‘‘Tales of Mystery and Imagination’’ 11. The Tell-Tale Heart: Compare and Contrast 12. The Tell-Tale Heart: Topics for Further Study 13. The Tell-Tale Heart: Media Adaptations 14. The Tell-Tale Heart: What Do I Read Next? 15. The Tell-Tale Heart: Bibliography and Further Reading 16. The Tell-Tale Heart: Pictures 17. Copyright
The Tell-Tale Heart: Introduction
One of Edgar Allan Poe’s most famous short stories, ‘‘The Tell-Tale Heart,’’ was first published in the The Tell-Tale Heart 1
January, 1843 edition of James Russell Lowell’s The Pioneer and was reprinted in the August 23, 1845 issue of The Broadway Journal. The story is a psychological portrait of a mad narrator who kills a man and afterward hears his victim’s relentless heartbeat. While
Copyright Notice ©2011 eNotes.com Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this work covered by the copyright hereon may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, Web distribution or information storage retrieval systems without the written permission of the publisher. ©1998-2002; ©2002 by Gale Cengage. Gale is a division of Cengage Learning. Gale and Gale Cengage are trademarks used herein under license. For complete copyright information on these eNotes please visit: http://www.enotes.com/tell-tale-heart/copyright
eNotes: Table of Contents
1. The Tell-Tale Heart: Introduction 2. The Tell-Tale Heart: Overview 3. The Tell-Tale Heart: Edgar Allan Poe Biography 4. The Tell-Tale Heart: Summary 5. The Tell-Tale Heart: Characters 6. The Tell-Tale Heart: Themes 7. The Tell-Tale Heart: Style 8. The Tell-Tale Heart: Historical Context 9. The Tell-Tale Heart: Critical Overview 10. The Tell-Tale Heart: Essays and Criticism ♦ The First-Person Narrative Viewpoint in the “Tell-Tale Heart” ♦ The Twin and the Doppelganger ♦ Poe’s ‘‘The Tell-Tale Heart’’ ♦ The Question of Poe’s Narrators ♦ Edgar Allan Poe: ‘‘Tales of Mystery and Imagination’’ 11. The Tell-Tale Heart: Compare and Contrast 12. The Tell-Tale Heart: Topics for Further Study 13. The Tell-Tale Heart: Media Adaptations 14. The Tell-Tale Heart: What Do I Read Next? 15. The Tell-Tale Heart: Bibliography and Further Reading 16. The Tell-Tale Heart: Pictures 17. Copyright
The Tell-Tale Heart: Introduction
One of Edgar Allan Poe’s most famous short stories, ‘‘The Tell-Tale Heart,’’ was first published in the The Tell-Tale Heart 1
January, 1843 edition of James Russell Lowell’s The Pioneer and was reprinted in the August 23, 1845 issue of The Broadway Journal. The story is a psychological portrait of a mad narrator who kills a man and afterward hears his victim’s relentless heartbeat. While
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