The Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Volume IV (Esprios Classics)

Edgar Allan Poe (born Edgar Poe; January 19 1809 - October 7 1849) was an American writer poet editor and literary critic. Poe 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 in the United States and of American literature as a whole and he was one of the country's earliest practitioners of the short story. He is also generally considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre and is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. Poe was the first well-known American writer to earn a living through writing alone resulting in a financially difficult life and career. Poe and his works influenced literature around the world as well as specialized fields such as cosmology and cryptography.