What aspects of Edgar Allan Poe's writing makes him a Romantic writer?

Question

I am taking a test and I have some ideas, but I want to know the actual reasons.

Answer 1

There's an intense chaos and hostility in Poe's Gothic worlds. Romantics are responding to Enlightenment thinkers who believe the world is ordered and can be apprehended rationally. Poe is extreme in his Gothicism: Sometimes even settings, such as in "The Raven" become characters that affect our perceptions. The madman in "The Raven" cannot figure out the world he's living in, because his reason fails him and his emotions take over -- that's Romance.

But Poe is also the Father of the Detective Novel. He must have had a side that believed in the efficacy of scientific investigation. But his work is overwhelmingly Romantic and specifically Gothic in tone and purpose.

Answer 2

Edgar Allan Poe shows the impotence of love in death & the endlessness of love in death & even the sadness of love denied

Answer 3

Three M's: Macabre; Misterious; Melodramatic. Plus two I's: writes from the perspective of an individual in an unusual situation; and stylistic use of rich imagery. I'm speaking primarily about the dozen stories I have read. I don't care for his poems.