Suspense Related to the Death of Beauty in Edgar Poe’s Short Stories
－Case-study of “Ligeia” and “The Fall of the House of Usher”
Suspense Related to the Death of Beauty in Edgar Poe’s Short Stories. 1
－Case-study of “Ligeia” and “The Fall of the House of Usher”. 1
2.1. The Stories of Ligeia and The Fall of the House of Usher 4
2.2. Suspense and Gothic Romanticism.. 5
2.2.1. Introduction to Traditional Gothic Romanticism.. 5
2.2.2. Poe and Traditional Gothic Romanticism.. 6
2.2.2.1. Poe’s Gothic Romanticism.. 13
2.3. Suspense and the Narrator’s Point of View.. 15
2.3.1. Definitions of the Narrator and the Point of View.. 15
2.3.2. The Differences between the Two Kinds of Narrators and the Narrator’s Points of View 16
2.3.3. Presentation of Poe’s Narrator’ Point of View in Stories. 17
2.4. Suspense and Other Factors. 20
2.4.1. Environmental Descriptions. 20
