Edgar Allan Poe

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Why Is Edgar Allan Poe Influential?

According to Wikipedia, 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. Poe was one of the country's earliest practitioners of the short story, and is considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre, as well as a significant contributor to the emerging genre of science fiction. He is the first well-known American writer to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Edgar Allan Poe?

Edgar Allan Poe is affiliated with the following schools:

• United States Military Academy
• University of Virginia

What Are Edgar Allan Poe's Academic Contributions?

Edgar Allan Poe has made the following academic contributions:

• The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
• The Masque of the Red Death
• The Man of the Crowd
• The Fall of the House of Usher
• The Devil in the Belfry
• The Cask of Amontillado
• Morella
• Ligeia
• Hop-Frog
• Eleonora
• X-ing a Paragrab
• William Wilson
• To One in Paradise
• To Marie Louise
• To Helen
• Three Sundays in a Week
• The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall
• The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade
• The Tell-Tale Heart
• The Sleeper
• The Premature Burial
• The Power of Words
• The Poetic Principle
• The Pit and the Pendulum
• The Philosophy of Composition
• The Oval Portrait
• The Oblong Box
• The Mystery of Marie Rogêt
• The Murders in the Rue Morgue
• The Man That Was Used Up
• The Literary Life of Thingum Bob, Esq.
• The Landor's Cottage
• The Island of the Fay
• The Imp of the Perverse
• The Domain of Arnheim
• The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion
• The Conchologist's First Book
• The Colloquy of Monos and Una
• The Business Man
• The Balloon-Hoax
• The Assignation
• The Angel of the Odd
• Tamerlane and Other Poems
• Some Words with a Mummy
• Silence
• Shadow
• Never Bet the Devil Your Head
• Mystification
• MS. Found in a Bottle
• Metzengerstein
• Marginalia
• Maelzel's Chess Player
• Loss of breath
• Lionizing
• King Pest
• How to Write a Blackwood Article
• Four Beasts in One
• Eureka: A Prose Poem
• Diddling
• Bon-Bon
• Berenice
• A Tale of the Ragged Mountains
• A Tale of Jerusalem
• A Dream Within a Dream