Edgar Allan Poe's, "The Fall of the House of Usher": a Symbol of the Crumbling Borders of American and Psychic Consciousness and the Birth of Gothic Transcendence

Abstract

Beginning right from the title , “The Fall of the House of Usher”, containing the word house which has been metaphorically used to depict the crumbling down of the house due to incestuous genetic patterns, the whole story is interwoven into the theme of transcendence.  Again the word fall itself signifies rebirth. The paper attempts to delve into the concept of gothic transcendence as explored in the story by Poe.