In discussing how tuberculosis had an impact on Poe’s writings, this book has information that will concur in my favor. There are details about Poe’s loved ones dying of the disease that I can relate to in “The Masque of the Red Death.”
Sova, Dawn B. Critical Companion to Edgar Allan Poe: A Literary Reference to His Life and Work. New York, NY: Facts on File, 2007. Print.
Dawn Sova book provides information that will help add facts to my essay. With this book I will be able to prove that in “The Black Cat” the narrator suffered from serious alcoholism which caused him problems. Drinking has ruined the relationships he had with his wife and pets. He also got to the point