Quotable #33: Edgar Allan Poe’s Definition Of Art

“Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term art, I should call it ‘the reproduction of what the senses perceive in nature through the veil of the soul.’” — Edgar Allan Poe, Marginalia, 1844 via Quotable #33: Edgar Allan Poe’s Definition Of Art — Learn Fun Facts   I wanted to share this great … Continue reading Quotable #33: Edgar Allan Poe’s Definition Of Art

Edgar Allan Poe: The Master of Mystery and the Macabre

You would be hard pressed to find anyone, especially among our fellow lovers of horror stories and tales of terror, who doesn’t know who Edgar Allan Poe was. Best known for his poetry and short stories, Poe was also highly regarded as the leading author of Romanticism in American literature and he was one of … Continue reading Edgar Allan Poe: The Master of Mystery and the Macabre