Edgar Allan Poe  

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In 1963, Roger Corman directed The Raven, a horror-comedy written by Richard Matheson very loosely based on the poem, "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe. It stars Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, and Boris Karloff as a trio of rival sorcerers.

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"William Wilson" (1839) illustrated by Arthur Rackham in 1935

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Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, and one of the leaders of the American Romanticism. Best known for his tales of the macabre and mystery, Poe was one of the early American practitioners of the short story and a progenitor of detective fiction and crime fiction. During his lifetime he was more popular in France (thanks to the translations of Baudelaire) than in his native country. After his premature death at the age of 40 he became internationally renowned. The Japanese writer Edogawa Rampo derived his pseudonym of his name. He came to the attention of 20th century audiences via the low-budget film adaptations by Roger Corman starring Vincent Price.

Bibliography

Works on Poe

• The Life and Works of E. A. Poe: a Psychoanalytic Interpretation

Selected list of works

Selected list of works

Tales

• "The Black Cat"
• "The Cask of Amontillado"
• "A Descent into the Maelström"
• "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar"
• "The Fall of the House of Usher"
• "The Gold-Bug"
• "Hop-Frog"
• "The Imp of the Perverse"
• "Ligeia"
• "The Masque of the Red Death"
• "Morella"
• "The Murders in the Rue Morgue"
• "The Oval Portrait"
• "The Pit and the Pendulum"
• "The Premature Burial"
• "The Purloined Letter"
• "The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether"
• "The Tell-Tale Heart"
• "Loss of Breath (tale)"

Poetry

• "Al Aaraaf"
• "Annabel Lee"
• "The Bells"
• "The City in the Sea"
• "The Conqueror Worm"
• "A Dream Within a Dream"
• "Eldorado"
• "Eulalie"
• "The Haunted Palace"
• "To Helen"
• "Lenore"
• "Tamerlane"
• "The Raven"
• "Ulalume"

Other works

• Politian (1835) – Poe's only play
• The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (1838) – Poe's only complete novel
• "The Balloon-Hoax" (1844) – A journalistic hoax printed as a true story
• "The Philosophy of Composition" (1846) – Essay
• Eureka: A Prose Poem (1848) – Essay
• "The Poetic Principle" (1848) – Essay
• "The Light-House" (1849) – Poe's last incomplete work

Literary influence

Poe's works have had a broad influence on American and world literature (sometimes even despite those who tried to resist it), and even on the art world beyond literature. The scope of Poe's influence on art is evident when one sees the many and diverse artists who were directly and profoundly influenced by him.

• Bibliography of Edgar Allan Poe
• Edgar Allan Poe in popular culture, Poe as a character
• Edgar Allan Poe in television and film, Poe's oeuvre adapted for the screen
• Edgar Allan Poe and music, musical adaptations of his works

See also

• American Romanticism
• Tales of Mystery & Imagination