The Complete Poetry

Edgar Poe is a romantc writer and ancestor of symbolism. But frst of all he is a poet who was constantly looking for beauty and meaning. His unique style had impact on the poetry of French symbolist poet Baudelaire who translated Poe and introduced him to Europe. The singer of black romance had great infuence on the decadence literature and symbolism.Russian symbolist writer said about him: "Columbus of new spaces in human soul, he was the frst one who deliberately tried to add ugliness to a sphere of beauty, like a wise magician he created the poetry of horror."