Like Poe’s other stories, it has remained in print continuously since 1850.“The Cask of Amontillado” was first published in the November 1846 issue of Godey’s Lady’s Book, a monthly magazine from Philadelphia that published poems and stories by some of the best American writers of the nineteenth century, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Harriet Beecher Stowe. The story next appeared in the collection Poe ‘s Works, edited by Rufus W. Griswold, Poe’s literary executor, in 1850. By the time Poe wrote this story, he was already nationally known as the author of the poem “The Raven” (1844) and of several short stories collected in a book called, simply, Tales (1845). These earlier stories were widely reviewed and argued over by critics who found them brilliant and disturbing, and their author perplexing and …show more content…
The story next appeared in the collection Poe ‘s Works, edited by Rufus W. Griswold, Poe’s literary executor, in 1850. By the time Poe wrote this story, he was already nationally known as the author of the poem “The Raven” (1844) and of several short stories collected in a book called, simply, Tales (1845). These earlier stories were widely reviewed and argued over by critics who found them brilliant and disturbing, and their author perplexing and immoral. Although “The Cask of Amontillado” was not singled out for critical attention when it appeared, it did nothing to change the opinions of Poe’s contemporary admirers and detractors. Like Poe’s other stories, it has remained in print continuously since 1850.“The Cask of Amontillado” was first published in the November 1846 issue of Godey’s Lady’s Book, a monthly magazine from Philadelphia that published poems and stories by some of the best American writers of the nineteenth century, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Harriet Beecher