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Essay Archive - Edgar Allen Poe: Writing Style
Edgar Allen Poe: Writing Style
The short story writer which I have chosen to research is Edgar Allen
Poe. After reading one of his works in class, I realized that his mysterious
style of writing greatly appealed to me. Although many critics have different
views on Poe's writing style, I think that Harold Bloom summed it up best when
he said, "Poe has an uncanny talent for exposing our common nightmares and
hysteria lurking beneath our carefully structured lives. " ( 7) For me, this is
done through his use of setting and narrative style.
In many of Poe's works, setting....
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