Edgar Allan Poe Quote ??

Question

I am looking for a quote of Edgar allan Poe..i have seen it somewhere and now i cannot find it and i really need it for my paper..

he was saying sth like The Gothic does not come from germany but from the Human soul..

Can smb pls help by giving me the exact quote and the source?
Thank u

Answer 1

NUMBER: 44691
QUOTATION: If in many of my productions terror has been the thesis, I maintain that terror is not of Germany, but of the soul.
ATTRIBUTION: Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849), U.S. author. Preface to the Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque (1840).

Poe’s most passionate and credible defense of his short stories’ authenticity and originality.
BIOGRAPHY: Columbia Encyclopedia.
WORKS: Poe Collection.
http://www.bartleby.com/66/91/44691.html

Answer 2

Quote: If in many of my productions terror has been the thesis, I maintain that terror is not of Germany, but of the soul.

Author: Poe, Edgar Allan

Attribution: Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849), U.S. author. Preface to the Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque (1840).

Poe’s most passionate and credible defense of his short stories’ authenticity and originality.

Answer 3

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, questioning, fearing, doubting, dreaming desires no mortal ever dared to dream until now The ninety and 9 are with desires, content fabric however the desire of the international made new, is the hundredth guy who's grimly bent on making those desires come authentic That exhilaration this is at as quickly as the main organic, the main raising and the main severe, is derived, I take care of, from the contemplation of the captivating I have no faith in human perfectability. i think of that human exertion will have no significant result upon humanity. guy is now purely extra energetic - not extra happy - nor extra sensible, than he became 6000 years in the past.”

Answer 4

I believe this is the quote you are looking for :-).....

http://history.enotes.com/famous-quotes/if-in-many-of-my-productions-terror-has-been-the