Edgar Allan Poe-opracowanie

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
Major works:
“Tamerlane and Other Poems” (1827)
“Poems by Edgar A. Poe” (1831)
“Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque” (1840)
Literary theory:
“The Philosophy of Composition” (1846)
“The Poetic Principle” (1848)
Short stories:
“The Fall of the House of Usher”
“The Black Cat”
“The Cask of Amontillado”
“Murders in the Rue Morgue”
“The Raven” - the poem Poe's contributions to American literature:
The emergence of the short story as a popular and respected literary form,
Invention of a detective story and development of psychological thrillers,
The idea of a `unique or single effect',
`Poems are created of words, not of emotions',
He saw literary works as aristocratic creations, deprived of any didacticism; for him the ultimate goal of art is aesthetic.
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