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Text: David K. Jeffrey, “The Johnsonian Influence: Rasselas and Poe’s ‘The Domain of Arnheim’,” Poe Newsletter, December , vol. III, no. 2,
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David K. Jeffrey
Auburn University
That Edgar Allan Poe was familiar with at least some of the works of Samuel Johnson has never been doubted. Poe attacks him in the prefatory letter to the Poems of “. . . . think of poetry, and then think of — Dr. Samuel Johnson! . . . . Think of all that is . . . . hideous and unwieldy; think of his huge bulk, the Elephant! and then — and then think of the Tempest — the Midsummer Night’s Dream — Prospero — Oberon — and Titania!” (1). Poe later chides Johnson for failing to follow the Plan of the Dictionary (2) and quotes him in a letter of , where Poe declines to explain “Ulalume” to Susan V. C. Ingram: “I would endeavor to explain to you what I really meant — or what I really fancied I meant by the poem, if it were not that I remember Dr. Johnson’s bitter and rather just remarks about the folly of explaining what, if worth explanation, should explain itself. He has a happy witticism, too,
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Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and critic (–)
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Edgar Allan Poe (né&#;Edgar Poe; January 19, – October 7, ) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales involving mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as one of the central figures of Romanticism and Gothic fiction in the United States and of early American literature.[1] Poe was one of the country's first successful practitioners of the short story, and is generally considered to be the inventor of the detective fiction genre. In addition, he is credited with contributing significantly to the emergence of science fiction. He is the first well-known American writer to earn a living exclusively through writing, which resulted in a financially difficult life and career.[3]
Poe was born in Boston. He was the second child of actors David and Elizabeth "Eliza" Poe.[4] His father abandoned the family in , and when Eliza died the following year, Poe was taken in by John and Frances Allan of Richmond, Virginia. They never formally adopted him, but he lived with them well into young adulth