Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was a narrator, essayist and American poet, whose work belongs to the romanticism. He was the creator of the modern short story and of the police story.
His stories can qualify in two big groups: stories of rational character and stories of irrational character.
The rational trend is composed by his police stories in which there appears the detective Auguste Dupin, who uses his logic and intelligence to solve cases that the police have not could.
The irrational trend is integrated by his fantastic and macabre stories. The most frequent topic of his stories is the death, since they appear in dead living them and ghosts. A fact that marked it was the death of his young wife that then was a motive of several of his stories in which the dear woman appears that she returns to the life. One of his famous stories is The black cat.
Poe died due to his interest for the alcoholic drinks.
His stories can qualify in two big groups: stories of rational character and stories of irrational character.
The rational trend is composed by his police stories in which there appears the detective Auguste Dupin, who uses his logic and intelligence to solve cases that the police have not could.
The irrational trend is integrated by his fantastic and macabre stories. The most frequent topic of his stories is the death, since they appear in dead living them and ghosts. A fact that marked it was the death of his young wife that then was a motive of several of his stories in which the dear woman appears that she returns to the life. One of his famous stories is The black cat.
Poe died due to his interest for the alcoholic drinks.
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