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Immensely popular both during and after his lifetime, and a powerful influence on generations of writers and film-makers to this day, Edgar Allan Poe is still counted among the greatest short-story writers of all time and seen as one of the initiators of the detective-, horror- and science-fiction genres.
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THE FACTS IN THE CASE OF M. VALDEMAR MS FOUND IN A BOTTLE THE BLACK CAT THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER THE PREMATURE BURIAL THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH THE IMP OF THE PERVERSE THE OVAL PORTRAIT THE TELL-TALE HEART HOW TO WRITE A BLACKWOOD ARTICLE A PREDICAMENT THE ANGEL OF THE ODD AN EXTRAVAGANZA. LOSS OF BREATH THE MAN THAT WAS USED UP. THE COLLOQUY OF MONOS AND UNA SHADOW - A PARABLE SILENCE - A FABLE THE SPHINX NEVER BET THE DEVIL YOUR HEAD A TALE WITH A MORAL "THOU ART THE MAN" WHY THE LITTLE FRENCHMAN WEARS HIS HAND IN A SLING BON-BON SOME WORDS WITH A MUMMY WILLIAM WILSON BERENICE ELEONORA LIGEIA MORELLA METZENGERSTEIN A TALE OF THE RAGGED MOUNTAINS THE DUC DE L'OMELETTE. THE OBLONG BOX KING PEST A TALE CONTAINING AN ALLEGORY THE DEVIL IN THE BELFRY
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Edgar Allan Poe (1809-49) gilt als bedeutendster Vertreter der amerikanischen Romantik und als Urvater der Kriminal- und phantastischen Literatur. Seine Kriminal- und Gruselgeschichten sind, ob als Gedicht oder Erzählung, in besonderem Maße von seinem analytischen Scharfsinn und seinem Hang zum Makaberen geprägt und haben einen großen Einfluss auch auf die europäische Literatur ausgeübt.
