The darkness of his work is considered by many to be a reaction to Transcendentalism, which Poe strongly disliked. As a result, his most common themes involved death and madness, including its signs and physical manifestations. Poe was a master of the genre, but he also realized that it would help him live off his writing, which was his goal. Poe's best known fiction was Gothic, which was extremely popular at the time. Poe and his work still appear throughout popular culture today, popping up in literature, music, films, and even on the gridiron the NFL's Baltimore Ravens got their name from his most famous poem. It features the unabridged text of The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of. Long before Sherlock Holmes became famous, Poe invented the genre of detective fiction, and his works influenced literature around the world in genres as wide ranging as cosmology and cryptography. This eBook is Part 7 of the Delphi Classics edition of Edgar Allan Poe in 21 Parts.
Part of the American Romantic Movement, Poe is best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, and he was one of the first Americans to master the art of the short story. The circumstances surrounding his untimely death are still unknown, as is what made him tick. Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) is one of America's greatest and most dark and mysterious writers.
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