El entierro prematuro

by Edgar Allan Poe

Overview

El miedo al enterramiento en vida era muy común en la época, y Edgar Allan Poe obtuvo provecho literario de ello. En este relato, el narrador anónimo describe en primera persona un trastorno que le aqueja, caracterizado por ataques de una afección singular que los médicos coinciden en denominar catalepsia. Esta enfermedad lo lleva con frecuencia a pérdidas de conciencia muy similares a la muerte, lo que conduce al personaje a un terror pánico a ser enterrado vivo en alguna de tales circunstancias: La mayor de las desgracias posibles, afirma. A fin de que se comprenda esta fobia, el narrador enumera diversos casos probados de personas enterradas vivas. En el primer caso, la tragedia fue descubierta mucho más tarde, al ser reabierta la cripta.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781507731949
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	01/26/2015
Series:	Biblioteca Edgar Allan Poe , #13
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.08(d)
Language:	Spanish

About the Author

Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) was orphaned at the age of three and adopted by a wealthy Virginia family with whom he had a troubled relationship. He excelled in his studies of language and literature at school, and self-published his first book, Tamerlane and Other Poems, in 1827. In 1830, Poe embarked on a career as a writer and began contributing reviews and essays to popular periodicals. He also wrote sketches and short fiction, and in 1833 published his only completed novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. Over the next five years he established himself as a master of the short story form through the publication of "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Masque of the Red Death," "The Tell-Tale Heart," and other well–known works. In 1841, he wrote "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," generally considered the first modern detective story. The publication of The Raven and Other Poems in 1845 brought him additional fame as a poet.