Poet of the day: Edgar Allan Poe

Poet of the day: Edgar Allan Poe. Watch me read a piece of one of his poems and comment down below which poets you recommend I look into. 

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Who was Edgar Allan Poe?

 Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, author, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism and Gothic fiction in the United States, and of American literature.

What is Edgar Allan Poe famous story?

Edgar Allan Poe's best-known works include the poems “To Helen” (1831), “The Raven” (1845), and “Annabel Lee” (1849); the short stories of wickedness and crime “The Tell-Tale Heart” (1843) and “The Cask of Amontillado” (1846); and the supernatural horror story “The Fall of the House of Usher” (1839).

Why is Edgar Allan Poe so important?

He is also generally considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre and is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. Poe was the first well-known American writer to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career.

What did Edgar Allan Poe look like?

Poe is a small thin man, slightly formed, keen visaged with dark complexion, dark hair, and we believe dark eyes. His face is not an ordinary one” (John M. Daniel, The Semi-Weekly Examiner, August 21, 1849, quoted in The Poe Log, p. 827.)

Why did Edgar Allan Poe write The Raven?

Poe's aim with poetry involved invoking sadness, strangeness, and loss, which in turn would elicit a sense of beauty. This technique applied in particular to “The Raven,” which Poe wrote around 1845. Here, he wished to explore the loss of beauty and the impossibility of regaining it.

How is Poe still relevant today?

Today, Poe is recognized as one of the foremost progenitors of modern literature, both in its popular forms, such as horror and detective fiction, and in its more complex and self-conscious forms, which represent the essential artistic manner of the 20th century.