![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He influenced European romanticism and was the harbinger of both Symbolism and Surrealism. Wells and Jules Verne) and the detective story (before Arthur Conan Doyle). His versatile writings - including for example 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' and 'The Raven' -continue to resonate down the centuries." "Poe has been claimed as the forerunner of modern fantasy, and credited with the invention of psychological dramas (before Freud), science fiction (before H. He wrote for and edited a number of literary magazines, and was influential among critics and writers of the American South. Soon he was trying out his 'prose tales' - often horror melodramas such as 'The Fall of the House of Usher'. "Poe served as a soldier and began his literary career composing verses modelled on Byron. Tennyson described him as 'the most original genius that America has produced'. This mystery sets the scene for a short life packed with drama and tragedy (drink and poverty) combined with extraordinary brilliance. No one knows what happened between the moment when friends saw him off on the steamboat to Baltimore and his discovery, raving in a tavern, six days later, by which time he was already dying. “Peter Ackroyd's life of Edgar Allan Poe (1809-49) opens with his end, his final days. ![]()
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