Both Poe and Kierkegaard were preoccupied with death, denial and fear - worries never more prescient than during the Covid-19 pandemic. Unlike the philosopher, the poet projected his obsessions into a world of stories filled with agnosticism and uncertainty.
Life and death: Poe and Kierkegaard
The dreadful allure of Edgar Allan
Issue 88, 12th May 2020
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