Among the greatest American writers during the Romantic period is Edgar Allan Poe. “He is best known for his tales of horror and terror that feature premature burial, alcoholism, mysterious women, morbid death and other darkness of life.” (Yanak and Cornelison) His contemporaries and writers of the succeeding era were influenced by his style while his tales of terror became a favorite subject of modern films. His literary works are usually representations of the dark workings of the inner mind of man that is filled with suspense, terror, and horror. A few of his remarkable works are “Cask of Continue reading...