Edgar Allan Poe

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human literary critic poet writer

Edgar Allan Poe was a 19th-century American writer, poet, and literary critic best known for his macabre and pioneering works in Gothic fiction and the development of the modern detective story.

Aliases (1)

Poe ×1

Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human → literary critic → poet → writer →
burialPlace	Baltimore, Maryland, United States →
causeOfDeath	unknown →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1809-01-19 →
dateOfDeath	1849-10-07 →
educatedAt	United States Military Academy at West Point → University of Virginia →
familyName	Poe →
fullName	Edgar Allan Poe →
genre	Gothic fiction → detective fiction → horror fiction → poetry →
givenName	Edgar →
hasLiteraryForm	literary criticism → novel → poem → short story →
influenced	Arthur Conan Doyle → Charles Baudelaire → H. P. Lovecraft → Stéphane Mallarmé →
knownFor	development of the modern detective story → macabre and dark romantic themes → pioneering works in Gothic fiction →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
movement	Gothic fiction → Romanticism →
nativeLanguage	English →
notableWork	A Dream Within a Dream → Annabel Lee → Lenore → The Bells → The Black Cat → The Cask of Amontillado → The Fall of the House of Usher → The Gold-Bug → The Masque of the Red Death → The Murders in the Rue Morgue → The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket → The Pit and the Pendulum → The Purloined Letter → The Raven → The Tell-Tale Heart →
occupation	editor → literary critic → poet → publisher → writer →
placeOfBirth	Boston, Massachusetts, United States →
placeOfDeath	Baltimore, Maryland, United States →
relative	Frances Allan → John Allan → Maria Clemm →
sexOrGender	male →
signature	Edgar Allan Poe signature →
spouse	Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe →
workLocation	Baltimore, Maryland, United States → New York City, New York, United States → Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States → Richmond, Virginia, United States →

Referenced by (62)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
A Dream Within a Dream → Annabel Lee → Lenore (poem) → The Bells → The Black Cat → The Cask of Amontillado → The Fall of the House of Usher → The Gold-Bug → The Masque of the Red Death → The Murders in the Rue Morgue → The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket → The Pit and the Pendulum → The Purloined Letter → The Raven → The Tell-Tale Heart →	author
Charles Baudelaire → Odilon Redon → Ray Bradbury → Ryūnosuke Akutagawa → Stéphane Mallarmé →	influencedBy
John Allan → Maria Clemm → Westminster Hall and Burying Ground →	associatedWith
Ann Radcliffe → Charles Maturin → Washington Irving →	influenced
Edgar Allan Poe → Edgar Allan Poe →	fullName
Edgar Award → Poe →	namedAfter
American Romanticism → Gothic literature →	notableAuthor
Maria Clemm → Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe →	relative
Maria Clemm →	auntOf
The Raven (1963 film) →	basedOnAuthor
Maria Clemm →	caretakerOf
Maria Clemm →	closeCompanionOf
Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe →	cousinOf
Edgar Allan Poe ("Poe") →	familyName
The Pale Blue Eye →	featuresFictionalizedVersionOf
John Allan →	fosterChild
John Allan →	guardianOf
The Arabian Nights →	hasInfluencedAuthor
American literature →	hasNotableAuthor
Westminster Hall and Burying Ground →	hasNotableBurial
John Allan →	influencedEarlyLifeOf
Nevermore →	inspiredBy
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket →	isOnlyNovelBy
Maria Clemm →	livedWith
The Pale Blue Eye →	mainCharacter
Maria Clemm →	motherInLawOf
Twice-Told Tales →	notableCritic
American Renaissance →	notableFigure
A Fable for Critics →	portrays
The Pale Blue Eye →	portraysCharacter
John Allan →	providedEducationFor
John Allan →	raised
Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe →	spouse
John Allan →	supportedEducationOf
Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe →	uncle
Lenore (poem) →	workOf