Kelly Tolman Journal Annotation of Insipiens Fortunatus. Pepin, R. E. (1983). Insipiens Fortunatus. American Notes & Queries, 22(1/2), 9. Summary Pepin (1983) analyzes evidence to support his hypothesis that the name Fortunato was inspired by Cicero’s De Amicitia. Although there can be no absolute proof, Pepin quotes Cicero in which Fortunato’s name appears and...
Kelly Tolman Journal Annotation of There’s no Mystery to Poe’s Allure. White, P. (1989). “THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO”: A CASE FOR THE DEFENSE. Studies in Short Fiction, 26(4), 550-555. Summary: Patrick White (2009) builds a careful argument defending Montresor’s possible motives in committing the murder of Fortunato. His reading of “The Cask of Amontillado”...
Kelly Tolman Journal Annotation of There’s no Mystery to Poe’s Allure. Jayne, C. (2009). There’s no mystery to Poe’s allure. USA Today. Retrieved from EBSCOhost. Source: USA Today, JAN 16, 2009 Summary: Jayne (2009) recounts the major historical episodes of Poe’s life and talks about the merit of the claims that Richmond, Baltimore, New...
Kelly Tolman Journal Annotation of The Ironic Double in Poe’s ‘The Cask of Amontillado’. Stepp, W. (1976). THE IRONIC DOUBLE IN POE’S ‘THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO’. Studies in Short Fiction, 13(4), 447. Retrieved from EBSCOhost. Summary: Walter Stepp (1976) explores the levels of irony in “The Cask of Amontillado.” Step begins with a summary...
Kelly Tolman Journal Annotation of Poe’s Amontillado, One More Time. Kirkham, E. (1986). POE’S AMONTILLADO, ONE MORE TIME. American Notes & Queries, 24(9/10), 144-145.. Summary Kirkham (1986) provides and interesting analysis of the meaning of the proper names that Poe chose for “The Cask of Amontillado” including Montresor, Fortunato and Amontillado. He discusses the...