Thread: Edgar Allan Poe
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Old 12-29-2006, 05:00 PM   #1
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Edgar Allan Poe

I have read other threads here that discuss specific stories of his, and even one discussing a devoted visitor to his grave, but have not found one assigned to Mr. Poe in general, so that any of his stories and poems, biography etc. could be discussed. This will also (hopefully) become a reference for newcomers.

I'll go first of course:

The last line in The Murders in the Rue Morgue is in French, and although I took three years of French, I am a little rusty. I understand it to be as follows, but if anyone can provide a more accurate translation, I would appreciate reading it:

"I mean the way he has denied that which is, and of explaining that which is not."

( the original line being "'de nier ce qui est, et d'expliquer ce qui n'est pas.")
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