Edgar Allan Poe, American Author
by Getty Research Institute
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Edgar Allan Poe, American Author
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Getty Research Institute
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Photograph - Photograph
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Daguerreotype of Edgar Allan Poe. Unknown maker, American, late May - early June 1849. Poe (1809-1849) was an American author, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre. He is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction.
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