Edgar Allen Poe, Any Fans???

[Paine]

Anyone here like Edgar Allen Poe??
Well he is just amazing. He's my favorite poet/auther.
I have all his work he's ever done. I just can't get enough or it.
He is a genious of writers.

Like some of you might know some of his work, like "The Raven" or "A Tell-Tale Heart". Both really great. =)

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Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American poet, short story writer, editor, critic and one of the leaders of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of the macabre, Poe was one of the early American practitioners of the short story and a progenitor of detective fiction and crime fiction. He is also credited with contributing to the emergent science fiction genre.[1] Poe died at the age of 40. The cause of his death is undetermined and has been attributed to alcohol, drugs, cholera, rabies, and other agents.

In his essay "The Poetic Principle", Poe would argue that there is no such thing as a long poem, since the ultimate purpose of art is aesthetic, that is, its purpose is the effect it has on its audience, and this effect can only be maintained for a brief period of time (the time it takes to read a lyric poem, or watch a drama performed, or view a paintinq, etc.). He argued that an epic, if it has any value at all, must be actually a series of smaller pieces, each geared towards a single effect or sentiment, which "elevates the soul".

[Rikku]

Just heard of this guy from an Utada song from Exodus...Kremlin Dusk, was it?