Poe's poem of "The Raven" pops up in the oddest places and is probably the most recognizable of his works. I've seen references to it in comic strips, on television shows, and even the main gist of the poem on "The Simpsons." It is part of our popular culture.
"The Cask of Amontillado" is not referenced as much, but there's a certain class of people who instantly recognize the reference. When Bestor quoted a few lines from it in "Babylon 5," I had to laugh.
For some odd reason, science fiction fans and scientists are drawn to both Shakespeare and Edgar Allen Poe. Someone should do a paper on it.
2007-03-03 06:31:22
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answered by loryntoo 7
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The first thing that coems ot mind is the album several years ago...Tales of Mystery and Imagination, from the Alan Parson Project...
American authors as diverse as Walt Whitman, H. P. Lovecraft, William Faulkner, and Herman Melville were influenced by Poe's works. Nathanael West used the concept and remarkable black humor of Poe's "The Man That Was Used Up" in his third novel, A Cool Million.
The Gothic/Industrial movement is about transforming death, decay, anger, and sadness into things of beauty— and nobody has ever done that as well as Edgar Allan Poe. While Poe is credited with writing the first detective story (The Gold-Bug) and is considered by many the first English short-story writer, he is best remembered for his moody, evocative horror fiction.
It is almost impossible to overstate Poe's influence. Only H.P. Lovecraft has had a comparable influence on modern horror fiction. Poe-tic touches can be found throughout the Hammer oeuvre, even in those films which weren't directly based on Poe's work. Among the French symbolists and decadents, Poe was thought to be the greatest writer in the English language; he's certainly one of the few authors popular both with academics and with their students. (link below)
2007-03-03 06:54:11
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answered by aidan402 6
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Murders In The Rue Morgue was a big influence on "detective stories" or murder mysteries. His influence on Horror stories is pretty obvious, he influenced Science Fiction. Even "The DaVinci Code" shows Poe's influence: The Gold Bug was a story based on trying to figure out cryptology or secret codes. I have heard he either invented or influenced the use of "onamatapoeia" in American writing: the practice of making up words to represent sounds like "quack, snap, creak," etc. The word onamataPOEia even contains his name. His poem "The Bells" is used as an excellent example of onamatapoeia--"O the tintinabulation of the bells, bells, bells."
2007-03-03 10:23:43
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answered by majnun99 7
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A animation of the "tell tale heart" was made in 1954. it is now found on the wicked famous well-know youtube.com
it is very creepy and well done with suitable music and gruesom dark pictures. there is no scences of violence, just many shreiks and shifts that imply something bad happened. also the guy who potrayed the narrator did a tremendous job.
also now poets and others have picked up dark poems to write about. he was a unique poet and thats why people liked him
2007-03-03 06:46:24
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answered by Anonymous
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