Surprise! It’s a bonus post for this year’s Gothic Romance Week! Continuing with the Edgar Allan Poe theme, I wanted to do a post not on his work, but on the women we know inspired it! I will only be discussing here his mother and the women to whom he was either…
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The Concept of Being Buried Alive in Edgar Allan Poe’s Works
For the final day of Gothic Romance Week, I have decided to take a look at the concept of being buried alive as it is used in Poe’s works. The thought of possibly being buried alive is a core fear for many people, making the appearance of this in fictional works a truly horrifying…
Read MoreLenore Poem Analysis
For day six of Gothic Romance Week, I have decided to do an analysis of Poe’s poem Lenore. I have found the poem’s text on poets.org. Once again, I thought this would be a line-by-line analysis, but I have found with Poe, I prefer to do a stanza-by-stanza style analysis instead. Lenore Edgar…
Read MoreDeath and the Maiden in Edgar Allan Poe’s Works
For day five of Gothic Romance Week, I have decided to take a look at the Death and the Maiden motif as used in Poe. I did a video that spoke to this principal a few weeks ago. In this post, I will be going a bit deeper into why Victorians were so…
Read MoreLigeia, Poe’s Witchy Woman
For Femme Fatale Friday of Gothic Romance Week, I have decided to write about Ligeia as Poe’s witchy woman! I have written about this story before, but it has been a long time so I am delighted to take the opportunity to feature this tale as my Femme Fatale Friday post for my Edgar…
Read MoreMy Top 10 Favorite Edgar Allan Poe Tales
For day three of Gothic Romance Week, I have decided to do a countdown of my ten favorite Edgar Allan Poe Tales. Number 10: The Cask of Amontillado ~This tale is one that has to do with a plot to murder a friend through means of deceit. There is also the occurrence of…
Read MoreAnnabel Lee Analysis
For day two of Gothic Romance Week, I have decided to do an analysis of Annabel Lee. I had originally thought to do a line-by-line analysis, but I really enjoyed my stanza-by-stanza analysis of The Raven yesterday, so I will be doing the same thing with Annabel Lee today! Once again, I found…
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For the first day of Gothic Romance Week, I will be doing a stanza-by-stanza analysis of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven. As I announced yesterday, this year Gothic Romance Week will be themed further to feature The Works of Edgar Allan Poe exclusively! This is why I found analyzing Poe’s most famous work…
Read MoreAnnouncing Gothic Romance Week 2022!
I am very excited to announce the second annual Gothic Romance Week on White Rose of Avalon for this bonus post! For this year’s Gothic Romance Week I decided to choose a more specific theme. I asked people on my Discord server to vote on the theme out of two options. I…
Read MoreThe Bronte’s, Heroines of Gothic Literature
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! For the final day of Gothic week I have decided that the topic will be about the Brontes! I will be discussing the sisters, their literature, and especially their heroines. I will focus mainly on my favorite Catherine Earnshaw and on Jane Eyre. I have to be honest, Anne,…
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