POE AND THE MODERN GROTESQUE

Authors

  • David Roas Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Keywords:

Poe, the grotesque, humour

Abstract

The grotesque is an aesthetic category that combines humour and the horrific (in its very different meanings). From its first carnivalesque manifestation, in which laughter had a very clear festive hue, the grotesque has been evolving towards positions where, without losing its humorous dimension, the sinister, macabre, and even horrific components gain presence. Some of Edgar Allan Poe’s tales offer us an interesting embodiment of the Modern vision of the grotesque, through different objectives and forms, ranging from parody and satire to the most absurd and delirious manifestation of this category. The present analysis and commentary will also pull these tales away from the sphere of the fantastic, where some critics have wrongly placed them.

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Roas, D. (2014). POE AND THE MODERN GROTESQUE. 452ºF. Revista De Teoría De La Literatura Y Literatura Comparada, (1), 13–27. Retrieved from https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/452f/article/view/10732

Issue

No. 1 (2009): The Figure of Edgar Allan Poe

Section

Monograph

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