![]() ![]() In his stormy forty years, which included a marriage to his cousin, fights with other writers, and legendary drinking binges, Poe lived in some of the important literary centers of the northeastern United States: Baltimore, Philadelphia, New. His most famous works include "The Raven" (1945), "The Black Cat" (1943), and "The Gold-Bug" (1843). Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19, 1809, and died on October 7, 1849. Most famous for his poetry, short stories, and tales of the supernatural, mysterious, and macabre, he is also regarded as the inventor of the detective genre and a contributor to the emergence of science fiction, dark romanticism, and weird fiction. The narrator leaves him in a mesmeric state for seven months, checking on him daily. In a trance, he reports first that he is dying - then that he is dead. Lovecraft, whose dream journeys and loathsome descriptions owe a great debt to Poe’s story.Įdgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American poet, author, and literary critic. Valdemar is quickly mesmerized, just as the two physicians return and serve as additional witnesses. The depiction of gore and "detestable putrescence" paves the way for another master of American horror, H. Playing around with forbidden and unscientific methods, Poe vehemently tries to exhibit his own medical knowledge to the reading public, asking for some sort of pardon for the horrific and disgusting end of his experiment. Y. ![]() ![]() Valdemar" presents the author’s obsession with death, scientific experiments, and resurrection. Valdemar, who has resided principally at Harlaem, N. ![]() Poe’s more horror-oriented stories, "The Facts in the Case of Mr. ![]()
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