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Ep. 101: Edgar Allan Poe on Mushrooms and Men

Ep. 101: Edgar Allan Poe on Mushrooms and Men

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Edgar Allen Poe was far from being defined as a Locofoco. He was no lover of democracy. He idolized the “devoted loyalty” of old Virginia gentry. As a dark romanticist poet, he believed the America’s Old World aristocracy was fighting the noble cause of attempted to preserve the elevated cultures of the past.

What did Edgar Allen Poe think of the class struggle? Did Edgar Allen Poe think that Americans were spoiled? How did Poe think America erected an aristocracy? Was Edgar Allen Poe a conservative?

Further Reading:

The Fall of the House of Usher (Story by Poe), written by David Rush

Edgar Allen Poe, Poetry Foundation

Who was Edgar Allen Poe?, The Poe Museum

Related Content:

Mushrooms & Men, Liberty Chronicles Podcast

An Introduction to Imaginative Literature, Part IV, written by Jeff Riggenbach

Libertarians, Class, and the Left, Anthony Comegna & Caleb O. Brown


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