“ARCHITECTURAL EMBELLISHMENTS”: SPACE FORMS IN THE ASSIGNATION AND THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER
“ARCHITECTURAL EMBELLISHMENTS”: SPACE FORMS IN THE ASSIGNATION AND THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER
Author(s): Adela Livia CătanăSubject(s): Semiotics / Semiology, Studies of Literature, 19th Century, Theory of Literature
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: death; dream; reverie; space; symbols;
Summary/Abstract: This article is based on two well-known short stories written by American author Edgar Allan Poe− The Assignation (1834) and The Fall of the House of Usher (1839)− and aims to offer a close analysis of the relation character/observer and chamber/ house.
Journal: Journal of Romanian Literary Studies
- Issue Year: 2017
- Issue No: 12
- Page Range: 375-384
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English