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Is Blogging the New Short Story?

June 20, 2013 by Blogherald Blogger

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Edgar Allan Poe famously wrote about the short story in his essay, The Philosophy of Composition. He highlighted the importance of one idea and the ability to consume the text in one sitting.

What with modern time’s insistence that everything is immediate and the pressure to absorb information at lightning speed, the parallels between Poe’s thoughts in the 1900s and the blogging of today is remarkably clear.

Each of Poe’s commandments imposed upon the short story can be used to explore it with regard to the technological future of this type of writing, as I am going to explain: [Read more…]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: blog, Bristol, creative commons, Edgar Allan Poe, Honour Thy Father, Philosophy of Composition, Poe, Short story

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