Imp of the Perverse, The

The Oxford Companion to American Literature | 1995 | 276 words | Copyright

Imp of the Perverse, The, story by Poe, published in Graham's Magazine (1845). A condemned murderer explains his confession, which followed years of safe concealment, in terms of a perverse impulse, and states that perversity is an unrecognized major motive for men's actions.

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