In addition, the Gothic tradition in literature, Dark Romanticism and the challenging effects this genre of writing has on human mind, whether for the writer or the reader of horror stories will be debated. ... He is also one of the foremost pioneers of detective fiction and is generally considered part of the American Romantic Movement especially Dark Romanticism. ... Moreover, Poe is particularly important to the ongoing influence of the Gothic on contemporary literature, moving the genre from an external to an internal psychological focus. ... In the twentieth and twenty- first centuri...

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