Edited by Gerald Boerner
Commentary:
When I think of Edgar Allan Poe, I conjure up images of the macabre and noire stories. He was one of the early proponents of the emerging genres of literature: Science Fiction. Later in the 19th century,this view of the future based on science, technology and discovery. He was in the same mindset of Voltaire and others philosophers that spawned our Revolution and our Constitution. This was the Age of Enlightenment!
Poe was dedicated to position “at its core was a critical questioning of traditional institutions, customs, and morals, and a strong belief in rationality and science”. He was was a dedicated to reason as “the primary source for legitimacy and authority”. His works reflected this anti-traditionalist view. He used this viewpoint to create a body of work that was very different from most of his contemporaries.
The “…Rue Morgue” introduced a new literary style, the detective mystery. He was the forerunner of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes. Other novelists have followed in his footsteps. We see the full fruition in todays TV detective shows from Dragnet, Colombo, and Murder, She Wrote to today’s NCIS, CSI, and Cold Cases. Quite an impact, if you ask me.
So, let’s get started on today’s exploration… GLB
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Quotations Related to EDGAR ALLAN POE:
“All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.”
— Edgar Allan Poe
“I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.”
— Edgar Allan Poe
“I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it.”
— Edgar Allan Poe