Edgar Allan Poe Horror

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Where do you think the world would be without the major development of horror and detective genres? The one person that included majorly in the push towards evolving the growth of the horror and detective genre based stories we have come to love is from Edgar Allan Poe. Born in January 19, 1809 and later dying in October 7, 1849 Edgar Allan Poe spent most his life indulged in bad happenings such as his loved ones including his mom dying from tuberculosis. Continuing in the future he started to wright and produce short stories in the horror and detective. He furthered the investment of people’s minds into the new set of horror and detective story genres by the influence of his books, that inspired many to become great writers in the future. …show more content…

After, Edgar Allan Poe died his rival Rufus Griswold, decided to expose and criticize his work worldwide. But instead he continued Edgar Allan Poe’s fame by making a world wide spread throughout. Inside the article it even proclaims how far horror has come from Edgar Allan Poe by explaining “Today, Poe is recognized as one of the foremost progenitors of modern literature, such as horror and detective fiction, which represent the essential artistic manner of the twentieth century” (Edgar Allen). This bluntly explains how horror is very much included in daily life still continuing in our society and how well people indulge into this theme. Edgar Allen Poe was able to relate common lifestyle to his stories creating people to have some relation towards some of his stories. This was included in the article by saying “Poe related most stories to common basis without following into the fantasy side of reality as in a Tall Tale Heart that could commonly be revised as a crazed man that causes a homicide over an eye showing a situation that could happen in the real world” (Edgar Allen). The world we live in can be related to his stories causing a sense of actuality towards the connection of both these realities. Furthermore, other than the horror factor being included into society, there is the other topic being detective genres that also take a part in Edgar Allan Poe’s …show more content…

The horror genre was able to be depicted in the 20th century movie and novel IT showing the development of horror. The article explains “In the 20th century movie IT based off the novel was a worldwide sensation worldwide making a huge step for horror” (How the Nineteenth Century). Based off this piece of information most of the recent generation can relate to knowing the movie IT and the internet spreading the movie worldwide showing the horror genre expanding still to this day. This piece from the article depicts how for the horror genre has come in the 20th century making big leaps forward and forward. In the movie Murder on The Orient Express was one of the greatest hits in the 20th century for the detective side. The article also depicts this fact by stating “Murder on The Orient Express was a great hit featuring Johnny Depp as the victim becoming a well-marked movie dealing with a mysterious murder” (How the Nineteenth Century). It shows how the mystery/detective genre spreads such as the horror