Edgar Allan Poe  

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Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, and one of the leaders of the American Romanticism. 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. During his lifetime he was more popular in France (thanks to the translations of Baudelaire) than in his native country. After his premature death at the age of 40 he became internationally renowned. The Japanese writer Edogawa Rampo derived his pseudonym of his name. He came to the attention of 20th century audiences via the low-budget film adaptations by Roger Corman starring Vincent Price.

See also

• The Life and Works of E. A. Poe: a Psychoanalytic Interpretation
• American Romanticism

Bibliography

Selected list of works

Tales

• "Berenice"
• "The Black Cat"
• "The Cask of Amontillado"
• "The Fall of the House of Usher"
• "The Gold-Bug"
• "Loss of Breath"
• "Hop-Frog"
• "Ligeia"
• "The Man of the Crowd"
• "The Masque of the Red Death"
• "The Murders in the Rue Morgue"
• "The Pit and the Pendulum"
• "The Purloined Letter"
• "The Tell-Tale Heart"

Poetry

• "A Dream Within A Dream"
• "Annabel Lee"
• "The Bells"
• "The City in the Sea"
• "The Conqueror Worm"
• "Eldorado"
• "The Haunted Palace"
• "Lenore"
• "The Raven"
• "Ulalume"

Other Works

• The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket – Poe's only complete novel
• "The Philosophy of Composition" – Essay
• Eureka – Essay
• "The Balloon-Hoax" – A journalistic hoax printed as a true story