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Poet Edgar Allan Poe 1809–1849
POET’S REGION U.S., Mid-Atlantic
SCHOOL / PERIOD Victorian
Subjects Time & Brevity, Living, Disappointment & Failure, Sorrow & Grieving
Poetic Terms Common Measure
Biography
Poe’s stature as a major figure in world literature is primarily based on his ingenious and profound short stories, poems, and critical theories, which established a highly influential rationale for the short form in both poetry and fiction. Regarded in literary histories and handbooks as the architect of the modern short story, Poe was also the principal forerunner of the “art for art’s sake” movement in nineteenth-century . . .
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SUBJECT Time & Brevity, Living, Disappointment & Failure, Sorrow & Grieving
POET’S REGION U.S., Mid-Atlantic
SCHOOL / PERIOD Victorian
Poetic Terms Common Measure
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