The Cask of Amontillado (Annotated)
Books | Fiction / Classics
Edgar Allan Poe
Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-This book contains a historical context, which helps us understand this literary work. We must pay special attention to those events that especially influenced the world of culture and art and also to those events that were especially reflected in literature, in the life of its writer or that affected it. There are many examples in which historical events have shaped the content and forms of literature, as well as this has often been the best testimony to the importance of certain events throughout history. This context is formed by everything that, in some way, influences the event when it happens. A fact is always tied to its time: that is, to its time.The barrel of amontillado (original title in English: "The Cask of Amontillado"), also known as "The barrel of amontillado", is a story of the American writer Edgar Allan Poe published for the first time in 1846.In full carnivals of some Italian city of the nineteenth century, Montresor seeks Fortunato with the intention of revenge for a past humiliation.