The Fall of the House of Usher

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Gothic fiction work horror fiction work short story

"The Fall of the House of Usher" is a classic Gothic short story that explores themes of madness, decay, and the supernatural through the eerie decline of an aristocratic family and its crumbling mansion.

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Label Occurrences
The Fall of the House of Usher canonical 15
House of Usher 5
The Fall of the House of Usher (short story) 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gothic fiction work ⓘ
horror fiction work ⓘ
short story ⓘ
author Edgar Allan Poe ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
firstPublicationDate 1839 ⓘ
firstPublishedIn Burton's Gentleman's Magazine ⓘ
genre Gothic fiction ⓘ
horror ⓘ
psychological fiction ⓘ
hasAdaptation The Fall of the House of Usher (1928 film) ⓘ
The Fall of the House of Usher (1960 film) ⓘ
The Fall of the House of Usher (opera) ⓘ
hasCharacter Madeline Usher ⓘ
Roderick Usher ⓘ
unnamed narrator ⓘ
influenced Gothic literature ⓘ
surface form: Gothic horror literature
language English ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
literaryMovement Romanticism ⓘ
mainCharacter Madeline Usher ⓘ
Roderick Usher ⓘ
motif crumbling house ⓘ
incest implication ⓘ
living burial ⓘ
mirror imagery between house and family ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
narrator unnamed first-person narrator ⓘ
partOf Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque (later editions and collections) ⓘ
surface form: Edgar Allan Poe's tales of the grotesque and arabesque tradition
setting decaying mansion ⓘ
isolated countryside ⓘ
structure frame narrative elements ⓘ
symbol cracks in the mansion ⓘ
The Fall of the House of Usher self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: the house of Usher

the tarn (dark lake) ⓘ
symbolizes decline of an aristocratic family ⓘ
psychological disintegration ⓘ
theme death ⓘ
decay ⓘ
entombment ⓘ
family degeneration ⓘ
fear ⓘ
isolation ⓘ
madness ⓘ
the supernatural ⓘ
tone eerie ⓘ
melancholic ⓘ
oppressive atmosphere ⓘ

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Edgar Allan Poe → notableWork → The Fall of the House of Usher ⓘ
Gothic literature → notableWork → The Fall of the House of Usher ⓘ
American Renaissance → associatedWork → The Fall of the House of Usher ⓘ
The Fall of the House of Usher → symbol → The Fall of the House of Usher self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: the house of Usher
Edgar → notableWork → The Fall of the House of Usher ⓘ
subject surface form: Edgar Allan Poe
Usher House → basedOn → The Fall of the House of Usher ⓘ
Usher House → subject → The Fall of the House of Usher ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Usher
Usher House → setting → The Fall of the House of Usher ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Usher
Edgar Allan Poe bibliography → hasNotableWork → The Fall of the House of Usher ⓘ
Edgar Allan Poe bibliography → hasNotableWork → The Fall of the House of Usher ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales
American Gothic → hasNotableWork → The Fall of the House of Usher ⓘ
Madeline Usher → appearsIn → The Fall of the House of Usher ⓘ
Madeline Usher → firstAppearance → The Fall of the House of Usher ⓘ
Madeline Usher → associatedWith → The Fall of the House of Usher ⓘ
this entity surface form: the House of Usher
The Fall of the House of Usher (1960 film) → title → The Fall of the House of Usher ⓘ
The Fall of the House of Usher (1960 film) → alsoKnownAs → The Fall of the House of Usher ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Usher
The Fall of the House of Usher (1960 film) → basedOn → The Fall of the House of Usher ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Fall of the House of Usher (short story)
Roger Corman → directed → The Fall of the House of Usher ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Usher
Roderick Usher → appearsIn → The Fall of the House of Usher ⓘ
Roderick Usher → diesIn → The Fall of the House of Usher ⓘ
The Fall of the House of Usher (1928 film) → title → The Fall of the House of Usher ⓘ
The Fall of the House of Usher (1928 film) → basedOn → The Fall of the House of Usher ⓘ
The Fall of the House of Usher (opera) → basedOn → The Fall of the House of Usher ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Fall of the House of Usher (short story)
The Fall of the House of Usher (opera) → narrativeSetting → The Fall of the House of Usher ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Usher
Roger Corman Poe cycle → basedOn → The Fall of the House of Usher ⓘ
subject surface form: House of Usher
The Fall of the House of Usher → basedOn → The Fall of the House of Usher ⓘ
subject surface form: The Fall of the House of Usher (TV series)
this entity surface form: The Fall of the House of Usher (short story)