How Did Edgar Allan Poe Contribute To Literature

The Raven Edgar Allans Poe's, The Raven, made a significant impact, not only in American literature, but the world as well. With Poe's influence, short fictions were more accepted in literary circles. Edgar Allan Poe's contributions to American literature have become increasingly more prominent as the years have passed. Poe was known to be the first of many to include death and despair in American literature, both of which you can find in the short poem, The Raven. Poe's habit of including death in his works had something to do with the themes of his works. Once something is lost, you can never get it back, and you don't really know what you have, until you lose it. I think everyone can agree with these statements. It's