I will be comparing a famous author from the Gothic genre, Edgar Allan Poe, to a transcendentalist, Ralph Waldo Emerson. They are both very different in many ways, and i find beauty in this. although they are very different, there’s something they share in common.
Edgar Allan Poe was around from 1809-1849. He lived for only 40 years. Edga was a very needy person since childhood and seeked attention and love. He was in a way the “black sheep” of his time. He was very different and saw this at school. As he grew older he found himself troubled, and would drink alcohol until he couldn’t “raise his glass”. It is also believed that he was on many other harmful substances, and that it most likely cause the morbid and