Against the Grain · Character
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer whose tales of horror and logic fascinate Des Esseintes.
minor
Also known as Poe
First appearance: x
Edgar Allan Poe's tie to Des Esseintes is one of the pressures that moves Against the Grain—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
His stories are compared to Redon's drawings for their hallucinatory terror.
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With Des Esseintes (psychological): Des Esseintes venerates Poe as a kindred spirit of morbid imagination, finding in his works a mirror of his own neurotic sensibilities. With Des Esseintes (psychological): Des…
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- Psychological
- Other
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- Decadent and morbid influences
- Protagonist
- Eclectic cultural references
- Catholic and mystical authors
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