Question

What is the historical context of "Fall of the House of Usher" and how does the story reflect this context?

Answer 1

The “fall of the House of Usher” was written by Edgar Allan Poe and published in 1839 in a magazine. At that time, his kind of literature was not popular, the Gothic movement started in England and it was brought to America by him. In America, the literature style was more moralistic so his stories were thought to cause an emotional effect. He introduced the idea of short stories, he argued that a story was meant to be read at one sitting.