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There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one of the few.   Poe, Edgar Allan


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Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 October 7, 1849) was an American poet, short story writer, editor and critic and one of the leaders of the American Romantics. He is best known for his tales of the macabre and his poems, as well as being one of the early practitioners of the short story and a progenitor of detective fiction, as well as crime fiction in the United States. Poe died at the age of 40, the cause of his death a final mystery. His exact burial location is also a source of controversy. · Can we improve this biography? Post your version

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