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Pros And Cons Of Edgar Allan Poe

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The Many Faces of Edgar Allan Poe

Literature can offer a wide array of genres where to choose from. Whether it is historic novel, romance, or science fiction, everyone has a favorite genre. In the last 200 years, horror has been on the rise, with contemporary authors such as Stephen King, or classic ones like H. P. Lovecraft. However, if there is one author that has conquered the genre, that is Edgar Allan Poe. His gruesome and macabre pieces of literature encompass different styles which range from short stories to poetry, and even a novel.

The first –and probably most known– literary style exploited by Poe was the short story. He wrote more than 60 stories over a period of 17 years, his first one being Mertzergenstein
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