We have discussed the relationship between the literary gothic (or "uncanny") and narratives in which the narrator and/or protagonist is clearly suffering from psychological disturbance. Dickinson's poems, Gogol's "Diary of a Madman" and Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" all work quite well as illustrations of this interrelationship. But what about a text such as "The Man of the Crowd," in which neither madness nor gothic/supernatural elements are immediately evident? Can you identify any aspects of this odd story that you would associate with "madness" in some form? If it is difficult to label this text as "gothic," is there anything that might correspond to how Freud defines the "uncanny"? (note: you do not need to answer both of these questions).
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