Events Influencing Poe's Stories?

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What events in history or society, before Poe's Life or during his life may have influenced his poems or stories?

-- Anonymous, April 06, 2003

Answers

Too broad. Except for the rise of the British Romantic poets and the height of the German Gothic tale I am not sure what could have influenced his writings more than his own life and psyche.

-- Anonymous, April 09, 2003

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