Many of his homes are now dedicated museums. (Literary style of Edgar Allan Poe). Poe is an important author for American literature. He is credited with inventing the detective genre and using the short story. Its gothic and scary style is interesting and creates a suspenseful and disturbing atmosphere. Poe was part of the Romanticism literary movement. This movement emphasizes emotion and imagination, rather than logic and scientific thinking. Poe's stories revealed the dark and depressing nature of human beings. Edgar Allan Poe had a sad and burdened life until his surprising end with unknown causes of death on October 7, 1849. . Poe contributed to the Gothic and horror that we all know today. Poe will always be remembered as the American author who created the detective genre and used the short story. Poe's horror, characters, and plots will live on through the ages. His themes are used across America today in films, poems, and short stories. Edgar Allan Poe was a prodigy of his time, a dark and broken genius