Edgar Allan Poe....

[9erempiree]

Greatest writer of all time? Most of his writings were ahead of its time. It is pretty crazy to think that he wrote in the 1800's.

The use of description, words and writing style seem very modern for that period.

:applause:

[DonD13]

OP read a book :bowdown:

[9erempiree]

nah...just stories.

[DonD13]

OP can read :bowdown:

[dunksby]

You don't have to call everyone GOAT to give them props, Allen Poe was definitely an original writer who influenced literature greatly. I read a lot of his works when I was a teen and loved his works, but I didn't understand his mastery till I did rereads of his works during my BA studies. A rare combination of eloquence and simplicity (influenced by 18th century restoration lit) which he integrated into a bleak atmosphere. Poe explored human mind and put emphasis on his violent and predatory nature, among the first to examine and present, in simple words, psychotic characters.

[9erempiree]

OP can read :bowdown:
:facepalm

I've been reading and writing on ISH.

[fiddy]

:facepalm

I've been reading and writing on ISH.
there are machines that can do that for you

[Nick Young]

The first emo

[Railgun]

can't stand him and his writing

[riseagainst]

inb4 weak era for writers.

inb4 Poe would be a janitor if he tried to write today.

:coleman:

[mr.big35]

The raven is too weak i can write better poems

[CelticBaller]

Was a nut job

[9erempiree]

The raven is too weak i can write better poems

I'll be waiting.

This is ISH, you know the routine. Bring it.

[MightyWhitey]

You don't have to call everyone GOAT to give them props, Allen Poe was definitely an original writer who influenced literature greatly. I read a lot of his works when I was a teen and loved his works, but I didn't understand his mastery till I did rereads of his works during my BA studies. A rare combination of eloquence and simplicity (influenced by 18th century restoration lit) which he integrated into a bleak atmosphere. Poe explored human mind and put emphasis on his violent and predatory nature, among the first to examine and present, in simple words, psychotic characters.
Poe's poetry was great. Unfortunately his private life was anything but great. He was a drunk, degenerate, incestuous, and his writing would help influence one of America's first serial killers H.H.Holmes.

[mr.big35]

Poe's poetry was great. Unfortunately his private life was anything but great. He was a drunk, degenerate, incestuous, and his writing would help influence one of America's first serial killers H.H.Holmes.

welcome back MightyWhitey :cheers:

[Akrazotile]

The raven is too weak i can write better poems


The entirety of Poe's canon is hit and miss for me, but the hits are excellent. The Raven is one of them. You speak blasphemy.


I actually distinctly remember first reading EAP, in Mr. Lovullo's 7th grade English class. I was kind of an atypical student in that most students just do what they're supposed to and study what they're assigned to, because thats just what they're told to do. But they don't have much real or lasting interest in any of it. I would get really into the curriculum I found interesting, and then completely blow off whatever I didn't. So my teachers were always pissed at me because one week they'd have us do an assignment on a given topic and I'd absolutely kill it and set the curve, and then the next week I'd not even bother to hand something in and be forced to take a zero. Like a bawse. :pimp:


Anyway, I was fortunate too because Lovullo was a really intense little man who scared the shit out of all of us. Other teachers would admonish you for talking or not paying attention because it's rude, it distracts others etc, Lovullo would flip on you for talking or not paying attention because you were depriving yourself of the chance to exercise your mind and consume knowledge and all this other stuff. He was always REALLY into the stuff he was teaching us. So when we did Poe it was a pretty good fit, because Poe has a lot of emotional intensity. I remember we read The Raven, Annabel Lee, and Telltale Heart. I was really down with all three, I thought they were really well written and interesting, and I'm not even a huge poetry guy (tell tale heart of course is prose). Of course, when I moved on to his other stuff I found some other gems but also some tedious plodders.


Anyway, that's the story of my experience with Poe!

And I shall tell it again



















Nevermore...

[MightyWhitey]

welcome back MightyWhitey :cheers:
Thanks mr.big35 :pimp: