He was anti-trascendentalist:
Many of his works are generally considered part of the dark romanticism genre, a literary reaction to transcendentalism[93] which Poe strongly disliked.[94] He referred to followers of the transcendental movement as "Frog-Pondians", after the pond on Boston Common, and ridiculed their writings as "metaphor—run mad,"[97] lapsing into "obscurity for obscurity's sake" or "mysticism for mysticism's sake".[94] Poe once wrote in a letter to Thomas Holley Chivers that he did not dislike transcendentalists, "only the pretenders and sophists among them"."
A little biography. He was orphaned early. He was adopted, though not formally. He married his 13 year old cousin when he was 27. She died 11 years later of tuberculosis. Poe died at 40. He is said to have repeatedly called out the name "Reynolds" on the night before his death, though it is unclear to whom he was referring. Poe's death as "congestion of the brain" or "cerebral inflammation", common euphemisms for death from disreputable causes such as alcoholism. The actual cause of death remains a mystery.
Ranking top 10 stories on Bookriot. I keep meaning to appreciate him, maybe this will help.
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