Poe's definition of short shory

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Dear Sirs:

As a student I was given a literary definition of the short story supposedly accredited to Edgar Allen Poe. I would appreciate it if you could forward the same to me.

Many thanks.

Patricia Miller

-- Anonymous, November 19, 2003

Answers

You will discover it in Poe's own words in his May, 1842 conspicuous critical review of Hawthorne's "Twice-Told Tales" for the "Graham's Magazine", available, on line at www.eapoe.org, among his "Works" (Literary Criticism), or in many selections from his "Essays", in book-form. Good luck. Yours sincerely, Raven's Shade (Belgium).

-- Anonymous, November 20, 2003

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