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| − | I first learned about Poe from his poem, [[The Raven]], when I was a boy, but I didn't start reading any of his other work until my mid thirties. In general, I find his writing to be certainly mood-inducing, but it always feels like he's trying too hard to be scary. I like to read his work around Halloween time to help put me in the mood. | + | '''Edgar Allan Poe''' (1809-01-19 — 1849-10-07) was an American author best known for his poetry and short stories which usually have dark macabre themes which have greatly influenced Gothic literature and romanticism. |
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| + | ==Personal== | ||
| + | I first learned about Poe from his poem, ''[[The Raven]]'', when I was a boy, but I didn't start reading any of his other work until my mid thirties. In general, I find his writing to be certainly mood-inducing, but it always feels like he's trying too hard to be scary. He also uses the word "countenance" far too often. I like to read his work around Halloween time to help put me in the mood. | ||
==Works I've Read== | ==Works I've Read== | ||
| − | + | {| class="wikitable sortable" | | |
| − | + | ! Title || Published || Rank | |
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| − | + | | ''[[Alone]]'' || 1829-??-?? || 10 | |
| − | + | |- | |
| − | + | | ''[[The Black Cat]]'' || 1843-08-19 || 6 | |
| − | + | |- | |
| − | + | | ''[[The City In the Sea]]'' || 1836-08-?? || 4 | |
| − | + | |- | |
| − | + | | ''[[The Facts In the Case of M. Valdemar]]'' || 1845-12-?? || 11 | |
| − | + | |- | |
| + | | ''[[The Fall of the House of Usher]]'' || 1839-09-?? || 5 | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | ''[[The Haunted Place]]'' || 1839-04-?? || 9 | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | ''[[The Masque of the Red Death]]'' || 1842-05-?? || 2 | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | ''[[The Pit and the Pendulum]]'' || 1842-??-?? || 3 | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | ''[[The Raven]]'' || 1845-01-?? || 1 | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | ''[[The Tell-Tale Heart]]'' || 1843-01-?? || 7 | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | [[To —— —— (Not long ago, the writer of these lines...)]] || 1829-??-?? || 8 | ||
| + | |} | ||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
| − | + | {{Link|Wikipedia|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe}} | |
| + | {{Link|ProjectGutenberg|http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/481}} | ||
| + | {{Link|LibriVox|https://librivox.org/author/21}} | ||
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* [https://poestories.com poestories.com] - Fan page. | * [https://poestories.com poestories.com] - Fan page. | ||
Revision as of 13:45, 21 February 2020
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-01-19 — 1849-10-07) was an American author best known for his poetry and short stories which usually have dark macabre themes which have greatly influenced Gothic literature and romanticism.
Personal
I first learned about Poe from his poem, The Raven, when I was a boy, but I didn't start reading any of his other work until my mid thirties. In general, I find his writing to be certainly mood-inducing, but it always feels like he's trying too hard to be scary. He also uses the word "countenance" far too often. I like to read his work around Halloween time to help put me in the mood.
Works I've Read
| Title | Published | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Alone | 1829-??-?? | 10 |
| The Black Cat | 1843-08-19 | 6 |
| The City In the Sea | 1836-08-?? | 4 |
| The Facts In the Case of M. Valdemar | 1845-12-?? | 11 |
| The Fall of the House of Usher | 1839-09-?? | 5 |
| The Haunted Place | 1839-04-?? | 9 |
| The Masque of the Red Death | 1842-05-?? | 2 |
| The Pit and the Pendulum | 1842-??-?? | 3 |
| The Raven | 1845-01-?? | 1 |
| The Tell-Tale Heart | 1843-01-?? | 7 |
| To —— —— (Not long ago, the writer of these lines...) | 1829-??-?? | 8 |
Links
- poestories.com - Fan page.
