Edgar Allan Poe - Where to start?

[Anonymous No.16695375]

I have heard somewhere that Poe is a founder or a progenitor of horror genre in literature. What are his best works of this genre? Bonus if it's NOT a poem.

[Anonymous No.16695415]

>>16695375
He's overrated anon.

[Anonymous No.16695447]

>>16695415
I want to make my own opinion, thanks.

[Anonymous No.16695455]

>>16695375
Start with The Raven, them look into his short stories.

[Anonymous No.16695457]

>>16695375
I loved the fall of the house of usher when I read Poe

[Anonymous No.16695754]

>>16695415
>He's overrated anon
No, He’s not.

[Anonymous No.16695759]

>>16695375
That was Horace Walpole.

[Anonymous No.16695760]

>>16695375
>I have heard somewhere that Poe is a founder or a progenitor of horror genre in literature. What are his best works of this genre? Bonus if it's NOT a poem.
There are complete booksbof Poe’s writing published in single volumes.
Barnes and Noble used to do a version with a sewn binding and hardcovers that wasn’t that expensive.
Just buy a copy and start reading random stories.

[Anonymous No.16695822]

>>16695375
Ligeya for a romantic short story, Black cat for horror, Raven

[Anonymous No.16695893]

>>16695375
Tales:
>The Cask of Amontillado
>The Fall of the House of Usher
>The Black Cat
>The Tell Tale Heart

Poems
>The Raven
>Anabelle Lee
>Eldorado

[Anonymous No.16696032]

OP here, thanks for your input. I ordered a collection of his short stories called: ''Pit and the pendulum and other short stories''.

[Anonymous No.16696051]

Also wanted to add The Masque of Red Death and Hop Frog to the list.

[Anonymous No.16696534]

>>16695375
You should absolutely read the raven, has to be one of the best poems ever written.

[Anonymous No.16696580]

>>16695375
I recommend this collection:
https://www.amazon.com/Best-Poe-Tell-Tale-Amontillado-Others/dp/1580493874/
However, it's missing a few of my favorite stories, which you can read on poestories.com. These include "The Man of the Crowd", "Ligeia", "Manuscript Found in a Bottle", and "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar". If you read the collection (ISBN-13: 978-1580493871) alongside those four stories online, then I think you'd have a nice background in Poe.

[Anonymous No.16697857]

>>16695375
>Bonus if it's NOT a poem.
A bit redundant, his poems are absolute shit.

[Anonymous No.16697881]

>>16696534
>The Raven
Melodramatic and overblown

[Anonymous No.16697928]

>>16695893
Adding Oblong Box to this list

[Anonymous No.16697936]

>>16695893
And Murder in the Rue Mourge

[Anonymous No.16697980]

>>16695455
noooo the heckin bird is talking im going insaneeee
>>16695457
no the heckin house broke in two im going insanseeee
>>16695822
no my heckin wife is possessing my other heckin wife nooooo
no the cat tricked me into killing my wife noooo heck!
>>16696051
no the heckin guy is not wearing his mask noooo
he's not heckin social distancing noooooo
noooo the heckin midget is killing all the monkes nooooo not the heckin monke!
>>16697928
nooooo my heckin dead wife fell into the ocean heck nooooo im going insane!!!1
>>16697936
no the heckin monke cut of the heckin girl's head noooo
the heckin monke doesn't heckin respect women noooooo
im going insane!!!!!!!

[Anonymous No.16698071]

>>16695447
based.
Start with The tell-tale heart, then the pit and the pendulum, then the murders in the rue morgue

then you're on your own, have fun.

[Anonymous No.16698077]

>>16697980
shut up, /v/

[Anonymous No.16698096]

>>16697980
he's not going insane in the house of usher fag

[Anonymous No.16698119]

>>16697980
Disrespectful but true.

[Anonymous No.16698129]

>>16698071
noooo his heckin eye is making me go insane
noooo they put me in a heckin pit i cant see nooo
>>16698077
wtf? why are you being so mean? i don't even play vidya anymore
>>16698096
nooo my heckin sister isn't actually dead and now the house is breaking idk what the hell is going on nooo i'm going insane
>>16698119
anything can be made made fun of if the complexities are ignored
it's a bit easier to do this with poe cuz his writing is more plot-focused than it is character focused, although he does manage to include some interesting psychological insights

[Anonymous No.16698408]

God I hate rdt

[Anonymous No.16698415]

>>16695375
Ambrose Bierce. Then Poe.

[Anonymous No.16699124]

>>16698408
what do you mean? readdit? what does that have to do with anything?

[Anonymous No.16699419]

the fall of the house of usher
the masque of the red death
the oval portrait
berenice

[Anonymous No.16699428]

>>16699419
nooooo i painted a heckin picture of a heckin girl and she heckin died im going insane nooooo
noooo a girl's teeth fell out noooo i'm going insane noooooo heck

[Anonymous No.16699435]

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket

[Anonymous No.16699439]

>>16699124
Look at the shit replies

[Anonymous No.16699444]

>>16699435
nooo the heckin Penguin broke my heckin boat
noooo the heckin crew is doing a heckin mutiny
noooo there's no heckin food on the boat nooo
nooo heck we have to eat this dude heck i'm going insane nooooo
nooooo heck this island is full of niggers heck
noooo the heckin niggerinos blew up our ship those niggers heck
noooo the hecking white dude is standing in front of me heck im going insane
>>16699439
what's wrong with the replies here?

[Anonymous No.16699477]

>>16699444
Do Eureka next.

[Anonymous No.16699487]

>>16699477
i only have a copy of his complete fiction so i didn't read that yet

[Anonymous No.16699496]

>>16697980
based like Poe was

[Anonymous No.16699595]

>>16699439
but if it was reddit it would have good replies?

[Anonymous No.16699603]

>>16699595
go back to r*ddit, stinky dog
dumb ugly brit
how do you like being colonized by poopy indians, dog?
how do you like getting beheaded by pakis, smelly poop brit?
dumb ugly stinky r*dditor
nigger black ape monkey gorilla poopskin