Poe, who was one of America's most original writers and viewed as a crucial contributor to the American Renaissance, cared less for his short stories than his poems, and indeed considered himself primarily poet. Hoewver, it has been his tales that brought him wprldwide fame. In his short stories, Poe deals chiefly with mystery, horror and crime. He is also considered the inventor of the detective-fiction genre.
Poe, who was one of America's most original writers and viewed as a crucial contributor to the American Renaissance, cared less for his short stories than his poems, and indeed considered himself primarily poet. Hoewver, it has been his tales that brought him wprldwide fame. In his short stories, Poe deals chiefly with mystery, horror and crime. He is also considered the inventor of the detective-fiction genre.