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How Edgar Allan Poe became the darling of the maligned and misunderstood

  • Written by Scott Peeples, Professor of English, College of Charleston
How Edgar Allan Poe became the darling of the maligned and misunderstoodCould the pugnacious writer ever have imagined that he would one day become a cult hero?Nick Lehr/The Conversation via DALL-E 2, CC BY-SA

Edgar Allan Poe, who would have turned 214 years old on Jan. 19, 2023, remains one of the world’s most recognizable and popular literary figures.

His face – with its sunken eyes, enormous forehead and...

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