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By Joshua Nobleman - March 25, 2008

The Influence of Edgar Allan Poe's Predecessors... Domains in 'The Fall of the House of Usher' Structural Purposes and Aesthetic Sensations of... Sonnet “X” and “The Fall of the House of Usher” Uncertainty: Poe’s Means, Pynchon’s End

A statement becomes intelligible when its component elements integrate into a unified structure. Stories, then, would convey meaning insofar as they fufill the conventions and boundaries of their genre. Jacques Derrida, however, deconstructs this law of genre, explaining that inherent within it is the “law of overflowing, of excess, the law of…

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