WORDS FROM A GREAT MIND

Edgar Allan Poe

Poet, critic & short-story writer

Born: 19 January 1809
Died: 7 October 1849
Lived in: Boston, Richmond, Baltimore, Philadelphia & New York

Edgar Allan Poe was an American poet, critic, editor, and short-story writer. He developed new forms of detective and psychological fiction, while poems such as The Raven and tales of mystery made atmosphere, obsession, and the border between reason and nightmare his territory.

A LESSER-KNOWN DETAIL

In 1844 Poe published The Balloon-Hoax, a fabricated newspaper report of a transatlantic balloon crossing. The story briefly convinced readers before the paper withdrew it.

Words by Edgar Allan Poe

“All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.”

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“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.”

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“There is no exquisite beauty without some strangeness in the proportion.”

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