pboks
Poe was a recognized literary critic during his lifetime. He is credited with inventing the detective story and his work influenced science fiction authors, including Jules Verne.
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allen Poe's influence on literature
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JordPwn
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Poe was one of the first American writers to become more popular in Europe than in the U.S. Early translations of his work by Charles Baudelaire contributed to this.
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Writers such as Yeats, Emerson and Huxley have been critical of Poe, calling his work vulgar.