Tackling Poe: Final Thoughts

I finished reading Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales & Poems about a week ago, but I wanted to give myself some time to digest everything, watch The Raven, and to formulate my final thoughts, which is, of course, why I'm posting this. This is also my 90th post on this blog, and I'm getting pretty…

Tackling Poe: The Complete Works, Part I

As one of the most famous and prolific writers to come out of the 19th century, Edgar Allan Poe remains a haunting enigma and inspirational powerhouse to readers and writers everywhere. He is considered the father of detective fiction (often attributed to "The Gold-Bug" which was published in 1842, though there is an earlier story,…