why do you think teenagers love edgar allan poe so much?what is it about the teenage brain that makes one love his work so much?
>why do teenagers love melodrama?
>>25267664the mystery genre is narrative crack
>>25267664He married his 13 yo cousin.First, based.Second, obviously he had an intimate understanding of the teenage psyche.
>>25267664They are dark and angsty stories that speak more to people that age. Also they're short and pretty surface level for the teenage mind to comprehend.
>>25267664>whyteenagers want to be edgelords
>>25267664how do you all even read his books? I tried once but it was basically like shakespear like it's all old words that nobody uses anymore
>>25267994By not being retarded.
>>25267664By being objectively good and not selectively chosen to be “classic literature”.The substance of the raven might be unconventional but the form is the best in American literature and its not even close.
because of the image he portrays, or the image the teenagers can portray by reading him.Convince me why hes good, ive read few short stories and they were all mediocre
>>25267664The Cask of Amontillado blew my goddamn mind when I was 12. Awakened a cringe Poe obsession and addiction to the god awful album by Alesana called The Emptiness, just because it was inspired by Poe.
You're all wrong. It's because it's good and taught in middle and high school.
>>25267926>poe>surface level
Human beings of the past recognised only Arthur Gordon Pym and disregarded the remaining trite. The Mumbai machine niggers of the present seek only surface-level asthetics to recycle into the next millenium which explains why Poe’s work has become so heralded. A WORTHLESS DOGSHIT ERA AND AN AUTHOR TO MATCH
