Introduction to Edgar Allan Poe

In addition to being credited as the inventor of the detective fiction story, Edgar Allan Poe was arguably the most important American author of the gothic suspense genre.  He was not just an author, but also a poet, editor, and literary critic, and his life and death, like so many of his works, were shrouded in mystery. - See more at: http://thepoeconsequence.com/introduction-to-edgar-allan-poe-video-...