Edgar Allan Poe Magnet

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American writer, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective-fiction genre. He is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. Source: Wikipedia This portrait is a derivative work based on the photograph by William S. Niederkorn, which is now in public domain since its copyright has expired. Courtesy of the Berg Collection. New York Public Library. The signature file is ineligible for copyright and therefore in the public domain, because it consists entirely of information that is common property and contains no original authorship.