Who is Edgar Allan Poe? What made his writings so different that of all the Romantic Period writers, Poe's are the ones today's world remembers the most? We'll take a brief look at the American Romantic Literary Period, its characteristics, and how it relates to Poe. Most of the session will focus on The Raven, Poe's most popular writing, which is brought up every year in popular culture around Halloween. The Raven, is a poem that seems to tell a simple, scary, supernatural story, but does it? If time permits, we will take a look at a few of his other works.