The death of Edgar Allan Poe on October 7, 1849, has remained mysterious: the circumstances leading up to it are uncertain and the cause of death is disputed.
“King Pest” is such a precious short story. It was very appropriately included in the collection “Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque” in 1840. I think it can illustrate perfectly what the term grotesque means.
King Pest the First is the main antagonist of the story,"King Pest". He is the supposed ruler of a kingdom, in reality, the kingdomis a basement, and his subjects are a group of six drunken beggars.
König Pest (im Original: King Pest) ist eine 1835 im Southern Literary Messenger erstmals erschienene Erzählung von Edgar Allan Poe, die das Thema der Bedrohlichkeit des Todes und der menschlichen Freiheit auf burleske Weise behandelt.
The death of Edgar Allan Poe on October 7, 1849, has remained mysterious: the circumstances leading up to it are uncertain and the cause of death is disputed.
“King Pest” is such a precious short story. It was very appropriately included in the collection “Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque” in 1840. I think it can illustrate perfectly what the term grotesque means.
King Pest the First is the main antagonist of the story,"King Pest". He is the supposed ruler of a kingdom, in reality, the kingdomis a basement, and his subjects are a group of six drunken beggars.
König Pest (im Original: King Pest) ist eine 1835 im Southern Literary Messenger erstmals erschienene Erzählung von Edgar Allan Poe, die das Thema der Bedrohlichkeit des Todes und der menschlichen Freiheit auf burleske Weise behandelt.
