| − | Poe's works had a mixed, but largely negative, reception among literary circles during his life, but they were to have great influence on writers, particuarly European writers, after his death. | + | Poe's works had a mixed, but largely negative, reception among literary circles during his life, but they were to have great influence on writers, particuarly European writers, after his death. He remains one of the first American writers to be widely admired by European audiences, who in the 19th century had little respect for American literature. |