The short story writer which I have chosen to research is Edgar Allen Poe. After reading one of his works in class, I realized that his mysterious style of writing greatly appealed to me. Although many critics have different views on Poe's writing style, I think that Harold Bloom summed it up best when he said, 'Poe has an uncanny talent for exposing our common nightmares and hysteria lurking beneath our carefully structured lives. ' ( 7) …showed first 75 words of 1225 total…

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