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. ... " This strain in Poe's thinking and philosophical outlook leads us to psychology of his inner personality and is also one of the key techniques he employed in writing most of his stories. ... 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. ... A...

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From going over his works and background we can see that Poe had to be in the right state of mind when writing to be able to write so carefully and eloquently. ... Next he moved to Philadelphia in 1838, but still continued to barely afford a normal living writing for multiple magazines. ... While at the time of writing this story, Poe was happily married to his cousin Virginia Clemm, he was probably still constantly reminded of those that were close to him whom he...

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He is credited with creating the detective story genre and with transforming the Gothic mystery tale of the Romantic Period. ... Ultimately, Poe took writing to be a moral task that simultaneously stimulated his readers' mental, emotional, and spiritual feelings. ...

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I read many of his short stories and realized that his mysterious style of writing greatly appealed to me. ... Although numerous critics have different views on Poe's writing style, I believe that Harold Bloom hits the mark rather appropriately when he says that "Poe has an uncanny talent for exposing our common nightmares and hysteria lurking beneath our carefully structured lives." ... There is a violent realism in his macabre writings unequaled by the Americans who worked in the same genre." ...

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