Edgar Allan Poe, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. By William Sartain. 1896 Edgar Allan Poe (1809 – 1849) was an American writer, poet, edito

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Edgar Allan Poe, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. By William Sartain. 1896 Edgar Allan Poe (1809 – 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic. Poe 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 in the United States and of American literature. 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.

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