linked together in Poe's tales. I
             have seen it in hospitals, and at funerals, or even when humor helps pass the time during a threat of a destructive storm or when a flood threatens us. The evening
             news almost every day will verify this conclusion. What Lewis says about Poe, then, "Is not that we need to examine Poe's psyche, but that we need to take more
             seriously Poe's understanding of how the psyches of his readers would operate." (602) Best known for his poems and short fiction. Edgar Allan Poe deserves more
             credit than any other writer for his transformation of the short story to art. He virtually created the detective story and perfected the psychological thriller. He also
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