Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849)

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Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer and poet, editor and critic who created a form of classical detective fiction in an atmosphere of mystery and horror.

In prose, Allan Poe wrote mostly short stories. His novella The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1841) initiated the modern detective story, and his poem The Raven (1845) is among the most famous in American literature. Romanticism of the first third of the 19th century was shrouded in a fog of Satanism and the occult, which obviously influenced the work of Poe, whose personality was subtle, dualistic, and multifaceted.

Most of Poe's best works are permeated with horror and sorrow, but in life the poet was a pleasant conversationalist with a great sense of humor and a talented orator. All this, coupled with the genius of the writer-narrator provided him with a prominent place among the world-famous writers. Edgar Allan Poe revolutionized the horror genre. He was one of the first to bring deep, visceral, psychological horror into literature. In his stories, the true monster often turned out to be the capacity for evil that lurks within every human being.

Date and place of birt:19 january 1809, Boston, USA
Date and place of death:7 october 1849, Baltimore, USA
Period of activity: XIX century
Specialization:Critic, Editor, Poet, Writer
Art style:Mysticism, Romanticism

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Albert Bogislaw Lüdecke (1834 - 1910)
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Karl Wilhelm von Heideck (1788 - 1861)
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John Singleton Copley (1738 - 1815)
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Raffaele Pontremoli (1832 - 1906)
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Jan Damel (1780 - 1840)
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Eugène Deshayes (1828 - 1890)
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Edwin Austin Abbey (1852 - 1911)
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Frederic Shoberl (1775 - 1853)
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Robert Ball Hughes (1804 - 1868)
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Thomas Hill (1829 - 1908)
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Keith Vaughan (1912 - 1977)
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Friedrich Loos (1797 - 1890)
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