Detection, Insanity and Mood. The Main Aspects of Edgar Allan Poe's Short Stories and their Influence on the Movie 'The Raven'

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Seminar paper from the year 2015 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,0, University of Duisburg-Essen, language: English, abstract: Poes short stories and their impact on the cinema today attract me. Because of that and because of the rising importance of film studies I decided to choose a current film adaptation of Poes tales for my work; the mystery-thriller The Raven with John Cusack. Three main aspects of Poes short stories are the theme of detection, the theme of insanity and the mood with which he builds up a dreamy semi-reality. So I want to prove the hypothesis that those central elements of Poes short stories are still up to date and have a great influence on movies like The Raven. Therefore I will not only use the primary sources of Poes short stories and the film The Raven, I will also take into consideration major works by, for instance, G. R. Thompson and Benjamin F. Fisher.

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