American writer who defined Gothic horror, invented the detective story, and wrote hauntingly musical poetry. His work obsesses over death, beauty, madness, and the perverse.
Unified theory of the short story as single-effect art; invention of detective fiction; Gothic atmosphere as psychological interiority.
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