Development of the American short story
Description

Use two (2) stories by authors emphasized in the course (Nathaniel Hawthorne (1) and Edgar Allan Poe (1), one story by each author, from the list below) in describing the development of the American short story.
Focus on literary analysis and provide examples via quotations from the literary work/s. Analyze the impact the two authors for American Literature

Include a short introduction, persuasive thesis statement (as the last sentence of introduction paragraph), well-developed body paragraphs, and a short conclusion.
Nathaniel Hawthorne:
My Kinsman, Major Molineux (1832)

Young Goodman Brown (1835)

The Minister’s Black Veil (1836)

The Birth-Mark (March 1843)

Rappaccini’s Daughter (1844)
Edgar Allan Poe:
The Black Cat

The Cask of Amontillado

The Fall of the House of Usher

The Masque of the Red Death

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

The Pit and the Pendulum

The Tell-Tale Heart
Cite all primary and secondary sources using complete and proper MLA documentation.