Edgar Allan Poe Many authors have made great contributions to the world of literature. One of these is Edgar Allan Poe. Poe is known as the father of the American short story, as well as the father of the detective story. But who was Edgar Allan Poe? What was the man himself actually like? These questions may be answered in part, but the whole truth of Edgar Allan Poe’s life can never be known …showed first 75 words of 2388 total…

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