LITERATURE QUESTIONS
GOTHIC LITERATURE
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Detailed explanation-1: -Although the face of Poe is one of the most familiar to emerge from America’s literary past, remarkably few genuine likenesses of the poet exist. Only two painted portraits, eight original daguerreotypes, and one parenthetically included woodcut comprise the canon of indisputably authentic life portraits of Poe.
Detailed explanation-2: -An image of the ruined daguerreotype, perhaps from the magazine, is in the collection of the Poe Foundation in Richmond, though the original has been lost. It is fitting that mystery would shroud the one of the last known photographs of the author.
Detailed explanation-3: -Today only two watercolors, one oil painting, and eight photographs of Poe are widely accepted as genuine; and the original plates of five of those daguerreotypes are missing. While it is possible there are more portraits of Poe in existence, we never when one of them might resurface.
Detailed explanation-4: -Arthur Rackham (1867 – 1939) Rackham is recognized as one of the leading illustrators from the ‘Golden Age’ of British book illustration. His illustrations for Poe’s work included beautiful work for “The Oval Portrait, ” “The Tell-Tale Heart” and Tales of Mystery and Imagination.