Edgar Allan Poe's evocative short stories and poems captured the imagination and interest of readers around the world. His imaginative storytelling led to literary innovations, earning him the nickname "Father of the Detective Story." Some aspects of his life, like his literature, is shrouded in mystery, and the lines between fact and fiction have been blurred substantially since his death. Edgar died in the hospital on Sunday, October 7, 1849. The mystery surrounding death has led to many myths and urban legends. The reality is that no one knows for sure what happened during the last few days of his life.. …show more content…
Edgar works are also considered as the part of dark romanticism genre. Many of Poe’s poetry has been about murder, madmen, and also even about burials. His best written poem was “ The Raven”. “The Raven” is one of his favorite compositions in short stories. When “The Raven” was published, Poe felt success for the first time. He is widely acknowledged as the inventor of the modern detective story and an innovator in the science fiction genre, but he made his living as America’s first great literary critic and theoretician. Poe’s reputation today rests primarily on his tales of terror as well as on his haunting lyric