tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4351149635592475082.post6235119227930560345..comments2024-03-27T13:32:45.082-07:00Comments on What's Creative?: Edgar Allan PoeCANlabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04697643394288614411noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4351149635592475082.post-53123308420823276422017-02-20T19:07:03.323-08:002017-02-20T19:07:03.323-08:00I think you make an excellent case for the idea th...I think you make an excellent case for the idea that Poe suffered from some form of mental illness. I recently read a CNN article which examined the link between mental illness and the minds of many of the world’s most eminent creators (i.e. Van Gough, Silvia Platt, Etc.). Of the many tests that were mentioned in the article, one of the most unique ones I observed involved genetics. In his study, Hungarian psychiatrist Keri Szaboles selected a group of 128 participants and administered both a creativity and blood test. He ultimately concluded that participants who scored highest on the creativity test also carried a gene associated with severe mental disorder. Reading this article and your post makes me wonder if Poe may have actually suffered from a similar situation. Maybe, in hindsight, Poe’s biological parents actually played a very large role in his life, through the very genes they passed on to him; forming one of the most creative and dark authors of all time. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15127109864391781996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4351149635592475082.post-25446239294438389002016-04-26T11:12:31.603-07:002016-04-26T11:12:31.603-07:00Despite many of Poe's characters having questi...Despite many of Poe's characters having questionable mental states, I never considered that Poe himself may have had a mental illness. Your argument for depression makes a lot of sense, but I also wonder if he could have had sociopathic tendencies. Poe writes his stories with such deep insight into the character's minds. I have to wonder if these character's minds shared some of his own mind's characteristics. Either way, he definitely comes up with creative stories, and I think his characters' developments show this creativity. Katherine Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18089640628251555577noreply@blogger.com