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(1809-1849)
Poet, editor, critic, first writer of the detective story, writer of fiction and pioneer in poetic and fictional techniques
Works:
ü the poems:
The Raven
The Bells
Annabel Lee
ü prose:
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Purloined Letter
The Black Cat
The Mask of the Red Death
Characteristic features:
ü Poetry:
ü subjects are universal and exotic (love, death, nature, art, people’s relations);
ü is connected with music:
a) Musicality of vowels;
b) Alliteration;
c) Refrain;
d) Dissonance (full lines- short lines).
ü Prose:
ü main genres:
a) Tales of horror;
b) Detective stories;
c) Science fiction.
ü the unity of emotional effect;
ü the moment of complete illusion;
ü The interest to investigation of mental diseases and psychology of criminals.
Henry James
(1843-1916)
ü A novelist, short story writer.
Themes:
ü his favorite subject- the confrontation of two cultures- the American and the European- what happens when the representatives of one world are placed in the environment of another;
ü contrasts the puritan, idealistic views of Americans and the sophisticated, tolerant but frequently corrupt attitudes of Europeans;
ü recognizes the traditions and cultural richness of Europe, but exalts America for its innocence and idealism;
ü gives subtle analysis of emotions of his characters.
Style:
ü used the “limited point of view technique” (a story is told by a first or third person) which made him one of the forerunners of the stream of consciousness technique;
ü uses highly refined literary style which had little appeal for the wider reading public.
Works:
“The American”
“Daisy Miller”
“Washington Square”
“The Portrait of a Lady”
“The Turn of the Screen”
