Edgar Allan Poe
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| Name: | Edgar Allan Poe |
| Also Known As: | |
| Occupation: | Author, critic |
| Medium: | Literature |
| Works: | Many |
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| On Fanlore: | Related pages |
Edgar Allan Poe was a 19th century author, poet and critic known for his works of Gothic horror and mystery. He's considered the originator of detective fiction, and a major contributor to early science fiction. Some of his most popular works are assigned reading in schools, like The Raven, Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Cask of Amontillado, The Pit and the Pendulum, and The Tell-Tale Heart.
Poe married his 13-year-old cousin at the age of 26, and is sometimes brought up in discussions of supporting problematic creators, with varying degrees of seriousness.
Poe in Fiction
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Poe is often referenced in fiction, sometimes appearing himself as a character.
- Science fiction author Ray Bradbury wrote two short stories about Poe: In The Exiles, Poe and H.P. Lovecraft are some of the authors haunting Mars after their books were banned on Earth; in Usher II, a Poe fan, angry about mass book burnings, constructs a murder house on Mars that kills guests based on deaths in Poe's stories
Fandom
- The Cask of Amontillado on AO3
- The Masque of the Red Death on AO3
- The Raven on AO3
- The Tell-Tale Heart on AO3