text: This author’s only play, Politian, sets the Beauchamp–Sharp Tragedy in 16th Century Rome, and his longest poem is based upon stories from the Koran.
full_question: This author’s only play, Politian, sets the Beauchamp–Sharp Tragedy in 16th Century Rome, and his longest poem is based upon stories from the Koran. This author's works include one in which a court jester convinces a king and his cabinet to dress as orangutans for a masquerade before setting them all on fire and escaping; one in which an injured narrator recounts the process of the creation of a portrait of an artist’s wife; and one in which a visitor to a mental institution is treated to a feast led by the patients of the facility, who he later finds out have tied up the staff and tortured them. This author, inspired by the "Great Moon Hoax," tried to convince the public that Monck Mason had travelled across the Atlantic ocean in a hot air balloon in only three days, but the story was quickly found out to be fabricated. Other works of short fiction by this author include one in which the narrator is tortured by the title strange devices as a victim of the Spanish Inquisition; one in which the narrator's family crest involves a foot crushing a snake, explaining the mistreatment of his wine-loving adversary; and one in which a prince and his guests confront a personification of disease, ending in their demise. For ten points, name this author of works such as “The Cask of Amontillado,” “The Masque of the Red Death,” and “The Pit and the Pendulum.”
first_sentence: This author’s only play, Politian, sets the Beauchamp–Sharp Tragedy in 16th Century Rome, and his longest poem is based upon stories from the Koran.