The Art of Dying

A huge theme in Poe's work is DEATH.

I knew that he lost his mother and wife to TB and wanted to learn more about the context of Poe's work in terms of the attitudes towards death.

Was Poe's fascination normal?

http://www.history.co.uk/study-topics/history-of-death/victorians-and-the-art-of-dying

http://www.history.co.uk/study-topics/history-of-death/the-rise-of-the-body-snatchers