What’s in a Funny Name?
How Edgar Allan Poe’s naming convention for a fictitious town can help storytellers.
Names are important. While we’ve all been told not to judge a book by its cover, one author would like you to judge a town by its name.
In Edgar Allan Poe’s satirical short story “The Devil in the Belfry,” the funny name for the fictitious town the narrative takes place in is meant to reinforce a central theme and offset violence in the story.
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