"The fall of the house of Usher" : a master text for (Poe's) American Gothic

Marita Nadal

doi:10.18172/jes.141

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Marita Nadal University of Zaragoza

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https://doi.org/10.18172/jes.141

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Gótico norteamericano, romance, alegoría, abstracción, personificación, oscuridad, raza, el retorno de lo reprimido, significantes ilegibles

Resumen

Este artículo analiza una selección de la narrativa de Poe, tomando como punto de partida los argumentos de críticos como Hillis Miller y Eric Savoy sobre las características del Gótico norteamericano. El artículo se inicia con el análisis de estos rasgos, que “The Fall of the House of Usher” ejemplifica. Tras el estudio de”Usher”, el artículo explora otras obras de Poe, mostrando que los elementos que hacen de este cuento un texto maestro para la historia del Gótico norteamericano se anticipan de algún modo en relatos previos del mismo autor, como “Berenice” y “Ligeia”, en The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, y se reflejan de forma peculiar en el cuento detectivesco posterior “The Purloined Letter”.

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