Critical Sources:
Carlson, Eric W., ed. The Recognition of Edgar Allan Poe: Selected Criticism Since 1829. Ann Arbor: U of Michigan P, 1966.
May, Charles E. Edgar Allan Poe: A Study of the Short Fiction. Twayne's Studies in Short Fiction # 28. Boston: Twayne, 1991. In campus library.
For Discussion:
What impact does the use of a first-person narrator have on our understanding of the story? How would the reader's perceptions differ if the story were written objectively?
How much time has elapsed between the events narrated and the narration of the events?
To whom is the narrator addressing his story?
Challenge: In what ways does the story compare to Robert Browning's "The BishopOrders His Tomb at St. Praxad's Church"?
