LITERATURE QUESTIONS
TRANSCENDENTALISM LITERATURE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Edgar Allan Poe was the undisputed “Father” of the Detective Story. He created so much that is of importance in the field–literally creating the template for all of detective fiction to follow. (Years later, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was to say that Poe “was a model for all time.")
Detailed explanation-2: -Edgar Allan Poe created a new literary genre when he wrote “The Murders in the Rue Morgue.” Although mysteries were not a new literary form, Poe was the first to introduce a character that solved the mystery by analyzing the facts of the case.
Detailed explanation-3: -Edgar Allan Poe is revered as the father of the detective story.
Detailed explanation-4: -Was Edgar Allan Poe an amateur detective? No, but Poe did attend West Point, and some credit him with creating the detective story.
Detailed explanation-5: -Most consider Poe to be the inventor of the American horror story, science fiction, and the detective story. His “The Tell-Tale Heart, ” “Masque of the Red Death, ” “The Black Cat” and “The Pit and the Pendulum” have all set the tone for all subsequent American horror writers.