![]() This conflict of the rational and the imaginative, natural and supernatural and a desire to see it resolved lies at the heart of much of his work. ![]() Poe had both a deep fascination with science and a suspicion of its dogmatism and materialism. Edgar Allan Poe (Boston, United States, Janu Baltimore, United States, October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, critic, and romantic journalist, generally recognized as one of the universal masters of the short story, of which he was one of the first practitioners in his country. Poe is widely remembered as the master of Gothic Horror, but he also developed many of the conventions of Science Fiction and, with 'Rue Morgue', created the detective fiction genre. After a period of increasing mental instability following the death of Virginia, Poe died of 'delerium' in Baltimore in unexplained circumstances. Since their first publication in the 1830s and 1840s, Edgar Allan Poes extraordinary Gothic tales have established themselves as classics of horror fiction. In 1836 he married his then thirteen year old cousin Virginia Clemm - a relationship into which much has been read. Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American author of short stories, poetry, and literary criticism and theory. Though he became well known both as an journalist and a writer of fiction, his salary never matched his fame and Poe spent most of his life in extreme poverty. The Angel of the Odd B Berenice (short story) The Black Cat (short story) Bon-Bon (short story) The Business Man (short story) C The Cask of. Tales of Mystery & Imagination (often rendered as Tales of Mystery and Imagination) is a popular title for posthumous compilations of writings by American author, essayist and poet Edgar Allan Poe and was the first complete collection of his works specifically restricting itself to his suspenseful and related tales. An increasingly strained relationship with Allan lead to expulsion from both the University of Virginia and West Point and, after a brief but distinguished period in the army, Poe turned to journalism. Born in Boston the son of peniless actors, Poe was orphaned at the age of three and taken into the home of Scotish tobacco merchant John Allan. ![]() Although one of America's first important writers, Poe's tragic private life provokes almost as much discussion as his writing. ![]()
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