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Poe's writing style would be considered to be gothic to suite his public taste. A lot of his writing questioned death and other thing related to death such as decomposition. He did horror style stories.
He became famous due to his short story "The Raven", but I enjoy his story called "Hop-Frog"." A dwarfish court jester serves as the titular character of this fiendish revenge tale. Hop-Frog is the childish king’s favorite entertainer. But when the king and his foppish cabinet humiliate Hop-Frog’s friend Tripetta, he decides to play a prank of his own. He dresses them as apes for the king’s grand masquerade ball, and then sets them on fire in front of the shocked crowd. As he escapes with Tripetta, Hop-Frog revels in his vengeance, declaring “This is my last jest.”" I got this from http://listverse.com/2008/07/28/top-10-creepiest-tales-of-edgar-allan-poe/.