Edgar Allan Poe

Life

Born: 19 January 1809

Died: 7 October 1849

Biography

Edgar Allan Poe was an United States writer, poet, editor and literary critic, and is considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective-fiction genre. He is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. He was the first well-known U.S. writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career.

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Settings of text by Edgar Allan Poe

• The Bells (Huub de Lange)
• A dream within a dream (Huub de Lange)
• A dream within a dream (Ty Kroll)
• 3 Edgar Allan Poe Songs (Huub de Lange)
• Eldorado (Jon Corelis)
• Fairy-Land (Patrick O'Shea)
• Imitation (Jonathan Adams)
• The lake (Huub de Lange)
• Spirits of the Dead (Ross Anderson Smith)
• Symphony of dreams (Huub de Lange)

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