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Postmortem with Stringsby Anita Kunz;;;Mozart;;;;;;;EDGAR ALLAN POE (1809-1849);REPUTATION;Poe is father of psychoanalytic criticism and detective story. Some of his tales have left a visible imprint on such major English authors as H. G. Wells. His relationship to Chinese literature is not insignificant. Modern Chinese masters like Lu Xun and Guo Moruo were influenced by him. ;POETIC THEORY;3. The tone of its highest manifestation is one of sadness. “Melancholy is thus the most legitimate of all the poetical tones.” 4. Death is the most melancholy subject available for a poet, and that the