13) American Literature I. - Edgar Allan Poe
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Arabesque” and “The Black Cat and Other Stories”)
He is the author of the first known detective story “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” with the French
detective C. Auguste Dupin (this story became an inspiration for Arthur Doyle and his famous Sherlock
Holmes)
o other detective story: “The Gold Bug”
His famous horror stories are: “The Pit and The Pendulum”, “The Premature Burial” and “The Black Cat”
o “The Black Cat” is told from the point of view of a man who at the end loses his sanity and
commits a terrible crime
As for Poe’s poetry, his most famous poem “The Raven” is a classic in American literature. It deals with
the loss of a loved woman and death. Formally it stands out because of its rhyme.