Edgar Allan Poe Quick Facts

Edgar Allan Poe A 19th Century American poet , critic, and short-story writer Full Name: Edgar Allan Poe Birth: January 19, 1809 Death: October 07, 1849 Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts Place of Death: Baltimore, Maryland Cause of death: Unknown Buried at: Westminster Cemetery, Baltimore,...

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Coleridge as a Romantic Poet

Samuel Taylor Coleridge happens to posses the most vigorous mind amongst the English romantics. During the 19th century he produced some of the most stirring and eloquent verse that no other poets of his generation could able to replicate. His poetry is, indeed, the supreme embodiment of all that is...

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Revenge Tragedy

The Revenge Tragedy is a type of play in which the tragedy is achieved through pursuit and attainment of revenge. This genre was essentially popular in the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods. The Revenge Tragedy had its root in antiquity. It stemmed from the works of the Roman dramatist Lucius Annaeus...

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