Edgar Allan Poe
One of my favourite writers is Edgar Allan Poe. Edgar Allan Poe, an outstanding poet-symbolist and a short-story writer, was one of the first professional writers in the United States. In Europe Poe was respected as the only American poet of significance, the one who created literally works of many varied forms.
E.A. Poe belonged to a romantic current. He felt romantic nostalgia for the "bygone days". His feelings were deep and sincere. E.A. Poe is mostly remembered as the poet who established new symbolic poetry. He was the first to use a psychological analysis in his short-stories.
E.A. Poe's masterpiece is the "Raven". The poet used symbols, following the ancient traditions. It is the ancient poetry that helped him in finding the unusual rhythm. The symbolic meaning of the "Raven" is unclear. Sometimes it is interpreted as a symbol of eternal life as well as the herald of death.
Poe was the inventor of the detective-story genre. He introduced scientific realism in literary critics. E.A. Poe's influence was immense on succeeding writers and poets.