Edgar Allan Poe
is today regarded as one of the premier authors of horror stories, but he
received very little recognition and almost no money for his stories
while he lived. Twenty-five of his greatest stories were published in a
collection called Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque, which appeared in 1840,
but at the time little notice was taken of it. Three years later, another
story, "The Gold Bug," was published, selling 300,000 copies, and by 1845 he had
written twelve more stories, which he published in Tales. His best known stories
include "The Pit and the Pendulum" and "The Tell-Tale Heart." But it was a poem,
"The Raven," that brought him his greatest recognition as a writer. The
centerpiece of a collection of thirty poems published in a volume titled The
Raven and Other Poems, it became quite popular. The theme of the poem is grief
over the loss of an ideal love. The dramatic, almost theatrical tone, the
intensity of the repetition, and the hypnotic rhythm reflect the narrator's
despondent and desperate state of mind. When read aloud, it produces a powerful
effect.
Translation in Indonesian language: Edgar Allan Poe
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