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By L. DeSousa - August 01, 1999

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In his comprehensive introduction to Gothic Tales Baldick outlines the vital role that Edgar Alan Poe, and in particular his first Gothic tale 'The Fall of the House of Usher', played in redefining the genre: 'Poe ensured that whereas before him the keynote of Gothic fiction had been cruelty, after him it could be decadence'. Although Poe altered…

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