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1 Introduction
2 Poe's general approach to the writing of a literary text
3 The role of names in literary texts
4 Names and character traits in The Fall of the House of Usher
4.1 Roderick and Madeline Usher
4.2 The House of Usher
5 Names and social status in The Cask ofAmontillado
5.1 Montresor
5.2 Fortunato
5.3 Amontillado, Medoc, and De Grâve
6 Political references of characters' names in The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether
6.1 Doctor Tarr andProfessorFether
6.2 Monsieur Maillard
7 The realization of references to real persons in The Mystery of Marie Rogêt
8 Conclusion
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- Bastian Immanuel Wefes (Author), 2012, The Significance of Names in Selected Short Stories by Edgar Allan Poe, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/201476
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