Poes Influential Touch on Future Writers

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Poes Influential Touch on Future Writers
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• By
• Laura Bare
• And
• Shannon McMurray

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A Quick Overview of Edgar Allen Poe

• Poe lived from 1809-1849.
• He was best known for his poems and short
  fiction.
• Poe deserves more credit than any other writer
  for the transformation of the short story from
  anecdote to art.
• He virtually created the detective story and
  perfected the psychological thriller.

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Poes Creativity

• Poe produced some of the most influential
  literary criticism of his time and has had a
  worldwide influence on literature.
• Many of his tales are distinguished by unique
  grotesque inventiveness in addition to superb
  plot construction.

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A Lasting Effect
Overall, Poe will forever have an influence on
the writers of today and tomorrow.
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Ray Bradbury

• One of the many writers influenced by Poe.
• Bradbury is quickly becoming one of Americas
  greatest writers.
• Possess a unique writing style, which is somewhat
  fantastical.

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The Life of Ray Bradbury

• Bradbury was born in Waukegan, Illinois on August
  22, 1920.
• He began writing at the age of twelve.
• Graduated from Los Angeles High School in 1938.
• Worked as a janitor at the Library while
  devouring a number of books.
• Discovered his unique writing style at the age of
  22 and has written a number of books ever since.

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Similarities Poe Vs. Bradbury

• Bradbury has also written many short stories,
  much like Poe.
• Some of Bradburys stories have also been made
  into movies, much like Poes stories.
• Bradbury and Poe both write fictional, compelling
  stories that are all very unique and unlike
  anything else ever created.

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Bradburys Works

• Some short stories are Dark Carnival, The
  Silver Locusts,
• The Golden Apples of the Sun,
• The October Country,
• and I Sing the Body Electric.

• Some of his novels are as follows Fahrenheit451,
  The Halloween Tree, Death is a Lonely Business,
  Something Wicked This Way Comes, Green Shadows,
  and White Whale.

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A Quote From Bradbury
  ...by the prickling of my thumb, something
wicked this way    comes    
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Stephen King

• Another major writer influenced by Poe.
• He wrote many short stories and sold them to
  mens magazines.
• Having written over 40 books and numerous short
  stories, he is among the worlds most popular all
  time writers and undoubtedly the worlds leading
  horror writer.

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The Life of Stephen King

• Born in Portland, Maine, on September 21, 1947.
• Graduated from University of Maine in 1970 with a
  bachelors degree in English.
• Worked as a laborer at an industrial laundry and
  sold short stories to magazines to make a living.
  Taught as a high school English teacher in
  Hampden, Maine, in 1971.
• Wrote novels on the weekends and evenings
  received his big break in 1974.

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Similarities King Vs. Poe

• King and Poe both involve some type of murder or
  gore into many of their writings.
• They both enjoy a good, haunting tale with a
  twisted ending.
• They are both creative geniuses of their times.

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Works Of Stephen King

• Novels Include
• Carrie, Salems Lot, The Shining, The Stand,
  Pet Sematary, IT, Dreamcatcher, My Pretty Pony,
  Dolans Cadillac, and many other novels.
• Altogether he has written a 4 part series of
  novels, a 6 part serial novel, and numerous short
  stories.

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A Quote From King
If I cannot horrify, Ill go for the gross-out.
Im not proud.
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Mark Twain

• Twain, the pseudonym of Samuel Clemens, lived
  from 1835-1910.
• He was an American writer humorist, whose best
  work is characterized by broad, often irreverent
  humor or social satire.
• Twain's writing is also known for realism of
  place and language, memorable characters, and
  hatred of hypocrisy and oppression.

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The Life of Mark Twain

• Twain received a public school education in his
  hometown of Florida, Missouri.
• After the death of his father in 1847, Twain was
  apprenticed to two Hannibal printers, and in 1851
  he began setting type for and contributing
  sketches to his brother Orion's Hannibal Journal.
  
• In 1867 Twain lectured in New York City, and in
  the same year he visited Europe and Palestine. He
  wrote of these travels in The Innocents Abroad
  (1869), a book exaggerating those aspects of
  European culture that impress American tourists.
• In Twain's later years he wrote less, but he
  became a celebrity, frequently speaking out on
  public issues. He also came to be known for the
  white linen suit he always wore when making
  public appearances. Twain received an honorary
  doctorate from the University of Oxford in 1907.
  When he died he left an uncompleted
  autobiography, which was eventually edited by his
  secretary and published in 1924.

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Similarities Poe Vs. Twain

• Twain made use of various devices and themes used
  in Poes writings.
• Twain refashioned and manipulated Poes ideas
  into his own.
• Like Poe, Twain was responsible for producing a
  steady output of writing and had his fingers on
  the pulse of popular entertainment.

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Works of Mark Twain

• Some of Mark Twains most famous works include
  Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer, Life on
  Mississippi, King Leopold's Soliloquy A Defense
  of His Congo Rule, Connecticut Yankee, Tramp
  Abroad, Innocents Abroad, Roughing It, 30, 000
  Bequest, Puddnhead Wilson, Tom Sawyer Abroad,
  Tom Sawyer Detective, What is a Man?, Horses
  Tale, Captain Stormfield, and The Man that
  Corrupted Hadleyburg.

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A Excerpt From Huckleberry Finn
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Quotes From Twain

• "My works are like water. The works of the great
  masters are like wine. But everyone drinks
  water."

"When we remember that we are all mad, the
mysteries disappear and life stands explained."
"I have never let my schooling interfere with my
education."
"When in doubt, tell the truth."
"Better to remain silent and thought to be a
fool, than to open your mouth and remove all
doubt."
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Famous Books of the Authors
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Poe Will Live on
As a result of the current pattern writers seem
to follow, it is inevitable that Poe will live on
through the writers of today, the writers of
tomorrow, and his works that will forever be
loved by all.