P is for...Edgar Allan Poe and Chuck Palahniuk
It's Friday (Friday, Friday...damn you Rebecca Black !) and we're moving on to the letter P for the A-Z Challenge. Today is all about: Edgar Allan Poe and Chuck Palahniuk. So it's all a little bit on the darker side... Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) I have loved everything I've ever read that Poe has written. His darker, Gothic material has always been among my favorites. A writer during the American Romantic Movement , Poe is best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre; though is was also a writer of satires, humorous tales, and hoaxes. He is also one of the earliest writers of short fiction in America, in addition to being considered the inventor of detective fiction; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was heavily influence by Poe. Though his personal life was mired with controversy (alcoholism, drugs, marriage to his 13-year-old cousin), his work was always well-received and he was one of the most respected literary critics of his time....