Dec 27, 2009

The Cask of Amontillado | For Further Reference

Benton, Richard P. "Poe's 'The Cask' and the 'White Webwork with Gleams.'" Studies in Short Fiction 28 (Spring 1991): 183- 95. Benton focuses on Poe's fascination and use of the natural world in his stories, specifically the nitrous deposits in the caverns where Fortunato met his demise in "The Cask."

Carlson, Eric W. In Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 74: American Short-Story Writers before 1880. Edited by Bobby Ellen Kimbel and William E. Grant. Detroit: Gale, 1988, pp. 303-22. Carlson lauds Poe for his "pioneering contributions to the genre," including...