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Edgar Allan Poe is considered “one of the foremost progenitors of modern literature” (“Edgar Allan Poe.” Poetry Foundation, 2022). While many notable authors specialize in a particular genre, Poe’s work blankets many and with each title shows variance in literary schools of thought. During his 22-year-career, Poe published prose and poetry that elevates the values seen in the Enlightenment, Romanticism, Naturalism, and Realism. For example, his well-loved poem “The Raven” and Gothic horror short stories like “The Tell-Tale Heart” showcase his inclination toward Romanticism. His visionary works of science fiction, e.g., “Mellonta Tauta,” show an alignment with Naturalism. Yet, “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” his first of three detective fiction short stories, is unmistakably realist. Poe’s artistic arc typifies the nature of 19th-century progressive society in an industrial age; he was inventive, versatile, and expansive. His international influence on the literary canon is significant, and he laid the foundation for psychological realism. Without his groundbreaking vision, characters such as Jules Verne’s Phileas Fogg in Around the World in Eighty Days, Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Rodion Raskolnikov in
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A Dream Within a Dream
A Dream Within a Dream
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Annabel Lee
Annabel Lee
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Berenice
Berenice
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Hop-Frog
Hop-Frog
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Ligeia
Ligeia
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Tamerlane
Tamerlane
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The Black Cat
The Black Cat
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The Cask of Amontillado
The Cask of Amontillado
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The Conqueror Worm
The Conqueror Worm
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The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
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The Fall of the House of Usher
The Fall of the House of Usher
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The Gold Bug
The Gold Bug
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The Haunted Palace
The Haunted Palace
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The Imp of the Perverse
The Imp of the Perverse
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The Lake
The Lake
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The Man of the Crowd
The Man of the Crowd
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The Masque of the Red Death
The Masque of the Red Death
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The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
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The Oval Portrait
The Oval Portrait
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The Philosophy of Composition
The Philosophy of Composition
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