ENGL405: The American Renaissance

3.2: The Short Story's Artistry and Conventions

• Edgar Allan Poe's "Review of Twice-Told Tales" Page

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  Read Poe's influential review of Hawthorne's collection Twice-Told Tales.
  

• Edgar Allen Poe: "The Cask of Amontillado" Page

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  Read one of Poe's most famous short stories, "The Cask of Amontillado".
  

• Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Minister's Black Veil" Page

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  Read this story, which is one of the stories Poe mentions in his review of Hawthorne's Twice-Told Tales. Like a lot of Hawthorne's works, "The Minister's Black Veil" provides the backdrop for an exploration of sin, repentance, and morality. In his review of Hawthorne and his works, Poe echoes the principles he outlines in "The Philosophy of Composition", which you read in Unit 2, arguing for the short story's artistic superiority to the novel.