Chapter 4: Setting

The Cultural Connotations of Setting
New Historicism
Further Reading About New Historicism

Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
Further Reading About Poe's Life
Selected Bibliography of Poe's Works
Further Reading About Poe's Work
Web Links to Poe Sites
Further Questions on "The Fall of the House of Usher"
Additional Topics for Writing on "The Fall of the House of Usher"
Further Reading About "The Fall of the House of Usher"
Poe on Writing

Realism and Naturalism
A Brief Note on Realism and Naturalism
Further Reading on Naturalism
Further Reading on Realism

Guy de Maupassant
Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893)
Further Reading on Maupassant's Life
Selected Bibliography of Maupassant's Work
Maupassant's Foreign Reputation
Further Reading on Maupassant's Work
Web Links to Maupassant Sites
Further Questions on "Paul's Mistress"
Additional Topics for Writing on "Paul's Mistress"
Further Reading About "Paul's Mistress"
Maupassant on Writing
The Short Story in Europe