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Jacobs ENC 1102 14 Apr 2014 Freudian analysis of The Cask of Amontillado with plot and characterization as aspects of Poe's psyche annotated bibliography Bennett, Zachary Z. E. Killing the Aristocrats Edgar Allan Poe Review. 12.1 (2011):42-58. Academic Search Complete. Web. 27 Mar. 2014. The work focuses on Edgar Allan Poe's The Cask of Amontillado and The Mask of the Red Death. The author covers plot details and characterization on a critical level, but also covers similarities and ties between the two works covered. The author posits that both of the works have aspects of sadism and masochism. The author discusses sexual undertones in both of the works covered and analyzes what reveals and represents them. This work will be useful in the essay as it covers sexual undertones in the work. Sexual frustration and repression are a key part of Freudian analysis and this article covers the subject fairly fully. There are specific examples in the work that will be useful to mention and the overarching concept of this as a theme in Poe's work and possibly a representation of Poe's psyche. Benton, Richard P. "The Cask of Amontillado: Overview." Reference Guide to Short Fiction. Ed. Noelle Watson. Detroit: St. James Press, 1994. Literature Resources from Gale. Web. 6 Apr. 2014. This article is a general overview of Edgar Allan Poe's The Cask of Amontillado. This work

Barr 2 covers the basic plot, setting, characters, themes, and analysis of the short story. The work goes into some detail about the historical aspects of it; specifically the time and place of the work and the two main characters' possible roles in society. The article is useful for the essay as a secondary look at the basic elements that the criticism will be based on. It will be useful to get an opinion from a published work covering the same basic elements that this essay will cover. Lawrence, D. H. "Edgar Allan Poe." The Symbolic Meaning: The Uncollected Versions of 'Studies in Classic American Literature'. Centaur Press Limited, 1962. 115-130. Rpt. In Literature Resource Center. Detroit: Gale, 2014. Literature Resource Center. Web. 27 Mar. 2014. This article is about a great variety of Edgar Allan Poe's works, including the Cask of Amontillado. The author of the article discusses the idea of love as a destructive force in Poe's works. It covers several of his works in relation to this main concept of love and hate as primal forces in his works. This work is useful as it covers a sexual destructive force as a theme in Poe's works. While it does not specifically focus on the Cask of Amontillado as a major focus of the article, it does cover the story and related it to the overarching concept of the article. Poe, Edgar Allan. The Cask of Amontillado The Norton Introduction to Literature . Ed. Kelly J. Mays. New York: Norton, 2013. 164-170. Print. This entry is the short story The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe. It is a tale about Montressor and Fortunato; the former of which buries the other alive deep in catacombs beneath his house as an act of revenge for sleights real or imagined.

Barr 3 This story is the focus of the essay, and therefore is paramount to the essay. It is the primary source for the essay, written by Edgar Allan Poe. The source is an edition published in a major literature text-book with a basic author summary. Wei-hsin Tien, Morris. "Literature or Psychoanalysis: Poe's Personality and His Works" American Studies 20.4 (1990): 1-38. PDF file . This article is a psychoanalytical analysis of Edgar Allan Poe based on his works and his personal history. The article covers in great detail several different points of view of Poe, covering Freudian and Lacanian analysis of his psyche. The work includes an overview of Freudian analysis and gives an in depth summary of several well known published analyses. This article covers a lot of the same themes as the essay; covering Poe's psychological makeup from a Freudian point of view. The work covers Freudian analysis from multiple sources; including one of Freud's students, as well as a Lacanian analysis of Poe from Lacan himself.