Poe - Past Present and Future

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This paper describes the work of Edgar Allan Poe - who the writer describes as a fascinating literary character. Various excerpts of Poe's works are included in this paper as well as explanations given as to why his works have drawn audiences worldwide. The writer also points out how Poe's work startled the consciences of millions, allowing them to experience the horrors of real life conflict.

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"The value of the character change is representative of changes and demands for change within the broader context of the culture. For Poe he expresses, secondarily a rejection of the "Angel in the House" (Patmore, 1949, p. 6) ideology, expressed as the standard acceptable role of women, upon the development of male employment outside the home and family, despite the fact that it was an ideal rarely met and frequently noted by women as unfulfilling, where it was."

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