Description
Discussion on this melodramatic writer who has become the stuff of lurid legends—many self-created. One of the main challenges lies within determining the genre of his work—imitation? satire? spoof? hoax? Poe worked diligently to create aristocratic madmen; self-tormented murderers, neurotic necrophiliacs so as to produce the greatest horrific effects on the reader. His manipulation of language and literary conventions makes Poe a master storyteller.
