1. Edgar Allan Poe Biographical Approach

2. Literary Criticism 3.7 Analyze a work of literature, showing how it reflects the heritage, traditions, attitudes, and beliefs of its author. (Biographical approach)

3. Heritage Past, inherit

4. Traditions

5. attitudes

6. beliefs

7. Biography Born in Boston, 1809 Mother dies when Poe was 3. Adopted by the Allan’s Biological father abandons family Foster father Allan cuts Poe off financially. Poe attends University of Virginia

8. Biography cont. Poe attends West Point Marries young cousin Virginia Virginia dies 5 years later of tuberculosis TB Poe becomes a prolific writer, but poor He dies at age 40, Oct. 1849.

9. Gothic Literature Poe wants to create a single effect in the reader.

10. previewing P. 354 Why the eye? Why the blood? What does the publisher want the reader to feel or think?

11. Poe’s style of writing True!-nervous-very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses-not destroyed-not dulled them.

12. Symbol of eye The eye symbolizes…..

13. Eye symbolizes

14. 1 st person point of view I “I loved the old man” Narrator is unreliable (not trustworthy) Intimate

15. Verbal Irony

16. Situational Irony

17. Dramatic Irony

18. Vocabulary p. 353 Vocabulary: definition, example, restatement, comparison, contrast, I expected the attorney to yell vehemently; however, he quietly and gently made his point. (Contrast)

19. Acute sharp

20. Vexed v. disturbed

21. Sagacity n. intelligence and good judgments

22. Refrained v. held back

23. Wary adj. cautious

24. Suavity. N. smooth manner

25. Audacity n. boldness

26. Vehemently. Adv. forcefully

27. gesticulations Energetic gestures

28. Derision n. ridicule

29. The watch symbolizes

30. Symbol of the watch