(1809--49) an
American poet,
short-story writer and critic.
Poe has been widely recognized as one of the greatest
American writers. His most popular tales are filled with an atmosphere of the strange and
bizarre. For
example the
short story "The
Premature Burial," which pretends to be a true
account of many people buried alive, and "Descent into the
Maelstrom," a
short story about a fisherman who lived to tell the story of his boat's descent into a
hell-like whirlpool (
maelstrom).
Poe was one of the first writers to emphasize the
short story as a distinct literary
form. He is also considered the father of the modern detective story. His
character C. Auguste Dupin, a
French private detective, became the
model for many later fictional detectives. "The Raven," his best-known poem and one of the most famous works in
American literature, expresses the narrator's
grief over the
loss of an ideal
love-a
theme which occurs throughout
Poe's works. In his essays and reviews,
Poe often theorized about the
art of writing and discussed such themes as the
nature of
beauty and how to write
short stories and poems. For
example, "The
Philosophy of Composition" discusses the
process of writing poetry. The most weird
dissertation I ever
read in my
life, I think, is by
Edgar Allan
Poe on the
subject and it's used in every
textbook, I think, in
short story writing I have ever collided with, and I think it's
Poe writing about how you write.
-A Review of Study (22 Sept. 64) (1809@1849)
American short-story writer, poet and journalist who wrote many tales of
mystery and horror; considered the father of the modern detective story. The most weird
dissertation I ever
read in my
life, I think, is by
Edgar Allan
Poe on the
subject and it's used in every
textbook, I think, in
short story writing I have ever collided with, and I think it's
Poe writing about how you write.
- A Review of Study (22 Sept. 64) (1809-1849)
American poet,
short-story writer and critic.
Poe has been widely recognized as one of the greatest
American writers. His most popular tales are filled with an atmosphere of the strange and
bizarre. For
example, the
short story "The
Premature Burial" pretends to be a true
account of many people buried alive, and "Descent into the
Maelstrom" is a
short story about a fisherman who lived to tell the story of his boat's descent into a
hell-like whirlpool (
maelstrom).
Poe was one of the first writers to emphasize the
short story as a distinct literary
form. He is also considered the father of the modern detective story. His
character C. Auguste Dupin, a
French private detective, became the
model for many later fictional detectives. "The Raven," his best-known poem and one of the most famous works in
American literature, expresses the narrator's
grief over the
loss of an ideal
love-a
theme which recurs in other of
Poe's works. In his essays and reviews,
Poe often theorized about the
art of writing and discussed such themes as the
nature of
beauty and how to write
short stories and poems. For
example, "The
Philosophy of Composition" discusses the
process of writing poetry.
(1809 - 1849)
American short-story writer, poet and journalist. His tales of
mystery and horror have been reprinted over and over again. Many of his works, especially his poems,
express extreme
sadness and
depression.
(1809 - 1849) US poet,
short-story writer and critic.
(1809@1849)
American short-story writer, poet and journalist. His tales of
mystery and horror have been reprinted over and over again. Many of his works, especially his poems,
express extreme
sadness and
depression. Sometime before this century is out, I'm going to
float into
existence another story by
Edgar Allan
Poe. iCreate and
Confront (3
Jan. 60)
(1809@1849)
American short-story writer, poet and journalist. His tales of
mystery and horror have been reprinted over and over again. Many of his works, especially his poems,
express extreme
sadness and
depression. Sometime before this century is out, I'm going to
float into
existence another story by
Edgar Allan
Poe. ?
Create and
Confront (3
Jan. 60)