the only author/poet you need

>>24577743 (OP)
Nah. His main literary legacy is inspiring Charles Baudelaire and the rest of the French decadents, who proceeded to mog him in every conceivable way.

>>24577751
haha no.

Poe really do slap in da whip tho fr fr

>>24577756
You're right, I don't really believe that. I thought maybe I could make people mad but I forgot how slow /lit/ is.

>>24577751
didnt poe basically invent the mystery genre?

This macabre connoisseur of cousin c*nny has the prettiest prose I’ve ever read in English.

>>24577743 (OP)
The only poe you need

>>24577797
Poe it? I hardly know it! :P

>>24577751
Maybe in poetry, not in fiction.

>>24577797
Yep. It's unreal how great his prose is without seeming forced.

Harold bloom said days poe can benefit from translation

>>24578134
the poor can benefit from translation?

>>24577743 (OP)
Just finished Masque of Red Death (IIRC). Guy definitely has style.

>>24577743 (OP)
>the only author/poet you need
And scientist. Redditors seethe.

>>24578730
How so?

>>24578732
Iirc he wrote a book called Eureka in which he predicted scientific ideas such as the big bang and a contracting and expanding universe, conclusions he found through intuition and spiritual revelation.

>>24577751
I think Poe is a better poet than Baudelaire tbqh. The French hype up Baudelaire way too much and I feel like it's an ideological thing

>>24577743 (OP)
any actually good short stories from him other than tell-tale heart? pit and the pendulum and red death sucked ass

Love this dude's poetry so much. I am still reading it aloud, repeatedly and regularly, even after so many years.
I have barely touched his stories actually. If anybody has any other recs, let me know.

>>24578893
Agreed. I tend to not like the most famous ones. Including The Raven poem.
I recommend Fall of the House of Usher. I really like that one.

>>24578134
Can confirm Poe works perfectly in German. It is crazy how well it translates.

>>24578893
>>24579165
The Murders in the Rue Morgue is the obvious rec.

>>24578732
Science! true daughter of Old Time thou art!
Who alterest all things with thy peering eyes.
Why preyest thou thus upon the poet’s heart,
Vulture, whose wings are dull realities?
How should he love thee? or how deem thee wise,
Who wouldst not leave him in his wandering
To seek for treasure in the jewelled skies,
Albeit he soared with an undaunted wing?

>>24579165
>how well it translates.
In Spanish too "El Corazon Delator" sounds way creepier than "Tell-Tale Heart."

the only author/poet you need

I haven't read any of Poe's poetry yet but I have read a few short stories
The Tell-Tale Heart is great and I love how hysterical he writes, it reminds me of Dostoyevsky a bit
Why is Poe loved so much in France but practically ignored in America? Yeah he's a titan of American literature yet people don't seem to want to take him off his pedestal to read

>>24579765
Poe is extremely widely read in the US. Literally everyone in the country reads the Tell Tale Heart in school, and often also the Raven. He's not a fashionable writer though, you won't get any cred for liking Poe among your faggy undergrad friends

>>24579765
>practically ignored in America
Nigger what?

>>24579782
>>24579872
>Literally everyone in the country reads the Tell Tale Heart in school, and often also the Raven
Based on my own experience with my country's school system, an author being read in school correlates strongly with them never being read outside of school
>He's not a fashionable writer though
Is that just 19th century American literature in general?

>>24577743 (OP)
>>24579682
I think Goethe was the highest achieving author-poet. Neither Poe or Scott wrote novels, poems, plays or non-fiction as great as Goethe's accomplishments in each of these fields.

>>24579881
Moby Dick is fashionable among certain crowds. Emerson is pretty universally fashionable I would say. Henry James kind of, if he even counts.

Poe is seen as like Dickens or something though. I guess because he's read in school and his style is so "obvious"

>>24578893
Eleonora is kino. Definitely inspired Nabokov, he liked Poe and it reminds me of Lolita.

>>24579881
Yes fiction is dead in the U.S. Catering to STEMcels and women killed it. Public schools are moving away from Shakespeare and other classics because they are desperate to get students to read anything at all.

>>24578893
Everything really for me. He's the only writer with whom the 'just feels and vibes bro' cliche works for once. I think you're doing it wrong if you're looking for a tight plot.
Red death is extremely kino with its descriptions and general atmosphere setup. You can't possibly dislike it unless you're looking for a straight story.
If you still want recs, >>24579165 is great and I love his humorous stories like Epimanes. He wrote three detective stories which are also pretty accessible I would say.

>>24580049
Forgot to add Eleonora. Some of the most beautiful prose I've read in years.

is that barnes and noble collection of his works okay or should I look for another edition

>>24580182
Cover looks like stupid YA desu

>>24580223
looks okay to me I just care about readability and having it all in one place

>>24580238
Okay then. I'm reading the Standard Ebooks version on my Kindle and it's a good option if you have an ereader.

>>24579883
>Novels
The short story is a more difficult form
>Poems
Debatable
>Plays
Who cares? Shakespeare killed the genre

>>24579883
Scott was a better author and poet than Goethe

>>24579176
>>24579905
>>24580049
>>24579165
thanks

>>24577743 (OP)
Weird historical tidbit: It's entirely likely that Poe and Frederick Douglass passed eachother by or unknowingly interacted with eachother in 1800s Baltimore while Douglass was still a slave

>>24582397
Huh.
Was Poe racist?

>>24582830
Sorry to say, it's unknown. Poe distinctly kept his politics on the position on slavery out of his work, though some historians allege his piece "The Black cat" was subtly pro-abolition. Unfortunately, with all the historical evidence regarding Poe available, arguments can be made that he was anti-abolition, pro-abolition, or maybe even altogether indifferent. He simply died too young for us to ever truly find out. :/

>>24582960
*position of slavery