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Anybody else find Poe tedious?

>> No.533151

No.

>> No.533163

Sometimes. I think people tend to give him too much credit for "inventing" detective fiction.

>> No.533167

Yes. I think most of his short stories are boring, and The Raven in particular is just absolute garbage.

>> No.533171

I really don't see what the big deal about him was. The only people i know who read his stuff are emo faggots. H.P. lovecraft motherfucker. Read it.

>> No.533202

His poetry's nothing special. I like his detective fiction, failed poets often pay a lot of attention to details and structure. Just finished Arthur Gordon Pym, which was enjoyable, but didn't blow me away or anything.

I think his strength as an author was his depth of knowledge about various fields. Pym went into great detail about seafaring, and was remarkably accurate.

He's no Bierce, though.