Edgar Allan Poe
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- | '''Edgar Allan Poe''' ([[January 19]], [[1809]] – [[October 7]], [[1849]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[List of English language poets|poet]], [[short story]] [[writer]], [[playwright]], [[editing|editor]], [[critic]], [[essayist]] and one of the leaders of the American [[Romanticism|Romantic Movement]]. Best known for his tales of the [[macabre]] and [[mystery]], Poe was one of the early American practitioners of the [[short story]] and a progenitor of [[detective fiction]] and [[crime fiction]]. He is also credited with contributing to the emergent [[science fiction]] genre. Poe died at the age of 40. The cause of his death is undetermined and has been [[attributed]] to [[alcohol]], [[drugs]], [[cholera]], [[rabies]], [[suicide]] (although likely to be mistaken with his suicide attempt in the previous year), [[tuberculosis]], and other agents. | + | '''Edgar Allan Poe''' ([[January 19]], [[1809]] – [[October 7]], [[1849]]) was an [[American poet]], [[short story]] [[writer]], [[playwright]], [[editing|editor]], [[critic]], [[essayist]] and one of the leaders of the American [[Romanticism|Romantic Movement]]. Best known for his tales of the [[macabre]] and [[mystery]], Poe was one of the early American practitioners of the [[short story]] and a progenitor of [[detective fiction]] and [[crime fiction]]. He is also credited with contributing to the emergent [[science fiction]] genre. Poe died at the age of 40. The cause of his death is undetermined and has been [[attributed]] to [[alcohol]], [[drugs]], [[cholera]], [[rabies]], [[suicide]] (although likely to be mistaken with his suicide attempt in the previous year), [[tuberculosis]], and other agents. |
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Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American poet, short story writer, playwright, editor, critic, essayist and one of the leaders of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of the macabre and mystery, Poe was one of the early American practitioners of the short story and a progenitor of detective fiction and crime fiction. He is also credited with contributing to the emergent science fiction genre. Poe died at the age of 40. The cause of his death is undetermined and has been attributed to alcohol, drugs, cholera, rabies, suicide (although likely to be mistaken with his suicide attempt in the previous year), tuberculosis, and other agents.
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