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Edgar Allen Poe And Nathaniel Hawthorne

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  Total Pages: 6.86
  Total Words: 1715
  Total Characters: 8322
  Number of Sentences: 86


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  Words per Sentences: 19.94
  Characters per Words: 4.85


  Readability

  Flesch Reading Ease: 62.23
  Fog Scale Level: 12.87
  Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 9.53  

Edgar Allen Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne

Two authors best who typify a Romantic style of writing are Edgar Allen Poe, and Nathaniel Hawthorne. Both authors identify their characters through the use of creative symbolism, colorful metaphors,  and the use of the supernatural in their works. Like many authors of the seventeenth century Poe and Hawthorne stretched Realism beyond the edge of reality thereby developing a style of writing which today is commonly refer to as Romanticism. The use of the short story format in both "The Black Cat" and "Young Goodman Brown" evokes an allegorical use of the English language to stun their readers from reality into non-reality.
     
Edgar Allen Poe was born in 1809 and died in 1849. Orphaned at the age of two,  Poe was raised by his adopted father, John Allen. Poe had an unhappy childhood. His relationship with his father was a troubled one, filled with great tension and strife. Through the passing years this relationship degenerated into a complete dissolution between father and son. Poe spent one year at the University of Virginia,  then served two years as an enlisted man in the army . Poe also attended  West Point Military Academy for a short time, after his Army stint.

Poe grew very fond of writing and published his first book of poetry in 1827 at the age of sixteen. Poe is considered one of the first nineteenth century writers to establish aesthetic principles regarding short fiction stories as a high art, and one of the forefathers in the Romantic Movement. Poe stressed the idea of a well developed imagination through the identification of the characters, and the use of symbolism to enhance the atmosphere of the story.  He used symbols to explain the nature of man, his hidden darkness and fears. He showed the conflict between man’s soul and his existential presence. His goal was to enhance the readers senses and emotions so that they could truly feel the intensity of his story. " The Black Cat ", written by Poe, exempl...

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