Why should you read Edgar Allan Poe?
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Scott Peeples |
TED-Ed
• September 2018
The prisoner strapped under a descending pendulum blade. A raven who refuses to leave the narrator's chamber. A beating heart buried under the floorboards. Poe's macabre and innovative stories of gothic horror have left a timeless mark on literature. But just what is it that makes Edgar Allan Poe one of the greatest American authors? Scott Peeples investigates. [TED-Ed Animation by Compote Collective].