Edgar Allan Poe   Current Rating: (4.75)     # of Ratings: 4       Click HERE to share your opinion See More Oddly Fascinating People

1. CanadaSucks (12) , on 7/23/2005 8:52:00 PM, said:      University literature depts. tend to underrate Poe. . .he actually wrote some sonnets as well as the dark gothic stories. . .led a sad and depressed life. . .certainly fascinating because he is the grandfather of horror lit.   (1 people found this comment helpful, 0 did not)

2. GoneAway (56) , on 7/23/2005 8:09:00 PM, said:      I have often wondered what really went on in that mind of his! I wonder if his real life was as morbid as the stories he told.   (3 people found this comment helpful, 0 did not)

3. heykate (34) , on 7/23/2005 6:43:00 PM, said:      The Stephen King of his day. Quite dark and troubled. I don't know a lot about his private life, but I've read his poems and they are oddly fascinating.   (4 people found this comment helpful, 0 did not)

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