He was known as the "tomahawk man" because of his devastating critical reviews in magazines such as Godey's Lady's Book.
This author's feud with Rufus Griswold led Griswold to write a vituperative biography about him. He was known as the "tomahawk man" because of his devastating critical reviews in magazines such as Godey's Lady's Book. This author claimed that poems which preached morality committed the "heresy of the didactic," and argued that short stories and poems should be short enough to be read in one sitting in order to produce a "single effect" on the reader. He satirized the Transcendentalists as "Frogpondians," and sparked a controversy by accusing Henry Wadsworth Longfellow of plagiarism in 1845. This author called the death of a beautiful woman "the most poetical topic in the world" in an essay outlining his systematic planning of one of his poems, which repeats a single-word refrain to create a melancholy tone. He outlined his literary ideas in essays such as "The Poetic Principle" and "The Philosophy of Composition." For 10 points, name this author of "The City in the Sea" and "The Raven."
This author's feud with Rufus Griswold led Griswold to write a vituperative biography about him.
Edgar Allan Poe