Edgar Allan Poe: Narrative Structure in "Ligeia"

Jenny Maguire
English- Americas
Narrative Structure Paper
2/14/02
Known for his flowing descriptive and gothic style, Edgar Allan Poe does not appear to develop any obvious narrative structure in his work. His short stories are generally identified with the gloomy, desolate, and horrifically shocking sensations they spark within the reader. Particularly in his short story, "Ligeia," Poe seems to have done away with any sort of apparent structure within the story. Rather, he portrays it as a mixture of somewhat chronological events combined with the wandering thoughts from the eccentric…