Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) American author, poet, editor and literary critic
The Poetic Principle (1850)
“A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself.”
"Anonymity: An Enquiry"
Two Cheers for Democracy (1951)
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