The Raven
by Edgar Allan Poe

The Raven: Genre 1 key example

Genre
Explanation and Analysis:

“The Raven” is a work in the Gothic fiction genre, a genre to which Poe contributed greatly over the course of his career. All the typical qualities of Gothic fiction are on full display in “The Raven,” from the bleak setting in the narrator’s chambers on a “midnight dreary” to the uneasy and borderline frightening presence of the mysterious and clearly supernatural Raven.