There's a lot more to Poe than what we learned in high school, and this tells us that his influence went a lot further and longer. It's a pity he drank himself to death so young, and I'm glad to know that we have a biography that dives a lot deeper than the usual material in textbooks.
He was obviously a genius, and a pioneer in multiple genres (science fiction and the detective story at least). It's a shame he burned himself out, but a balanced and responsible Poe probably wouldn't have been a genius.
There's a lot more to Poe than what we learned in high school, and this tells us that his influence went a lot further and longer. It's a pity he drank himself to death so young, and I'm glad to know that we have a biography that dives a lot deeper than the usual material in textbooks.
He was obviously a genius, and a pioneer in multiple genres (science fiction and the detective story at least). It's a shame he burned himself out, but a balanced and responsible Poe probably wouldn't have been a genius.
If he could have held on for another decade. Agreed, a clean, sober, happy Poe could not have accomplished what he did.