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Edgar Allan Poe’s Hatchet Jobs
- jhbadger 9y agoMy favorite Poe book review was the one he did for Francis Glass' "Washingtonii Vita" -- which was a biography of George Washington written in Latin. In the beginning Poe is quite favorable, commenting on how well it is written (Poe was classically educated like many in the 19th century and could read Latin fluently), but finally in the end he is like "Um, okay, but why?" https://www.eapoe.org/works/criticsm/slm35g01.htm https://www.eapoe.org/works/criticsm/slm35g01.htm
- a_bonobo 9y agoEdogawa Rampo , a famous Japanese writer of mystery and crime stories, named himself after Edgar Allen Poe (pronounce Edogawa Rampo a few times and you'll hear it) He wrote quite a few essays on Poe and Poe's reviews, here's one on how Poe essentially predicted the twist ending of Dickens' Barnaby Rudge while it was still being serialised and spoiled it in his reviews, and how that book may have been a major inspiration for Poe's Raven: https://books.google.com.au/books?id=TCpeDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT113&lpg=PT113&dq=edogawa+rampo+poe+raven&source=bl&ots=Wp6PItHCeY&sig=7RkgXYGQhyXxs_xtLY9qTw0nfaA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwin9f3EwonXAhUCU7wKHR7fDfwQ6AEITzAL#v=onepage&q=edogawa%20rampo%20poe%20raven&f=false https://books.google.com.au/books?id=TCpeDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT113&l...
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