"The Tell-Tale Heart" Published
1843 · 19th Century
"The Tell-Tale Heart," a classic Gothic short story by Edgar Allan Poe, was first published in the January 1843 inaugural issue of The Pioneer, a Boston literary magazine edited by James Russell Lowell. The story features an unnamed narrator attempting to convince the reader of his sanity while describing the murder of an old man and the psychological deterioration that leads to his confession.
Key Figures
Edgar Allan PoeJames Russell Lowell
Locations
Boston, MassachusettsPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
Topics
poeliteratureamericanpoetry
Connected Events — 2 Connections
Walpole Gothic tradition of psychological horror and unreliable narration influenced Poe approach in The Tell-Tale Heart Horace Walpole Publishes The Castle of Otranto
Poe published The Tell-Tale Heart two years after Murders in the Rue Morgue, both written during his most productive period as a magazine editor in Philadelphia Poe Publishes The Murders in the Rue Morgue
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