Psychological tear orror. He also was instrumental in the concept of art or arts sake the. Idea that a poem or work of literature or piece of art didnt have to teach teach you something or have a moral or make awe irrelevant better person, it was enough that i terror story scares you because its doing its job. And this also meant that because a story didnt have to teach you something, virtue doesnt have to be rewarded. The villain could actually win in the end. Richmond is where poe spent more of his life than any other city. He referred to himself as a virginian. This is where he was orphaned at the age of 2 and he grew up here with foster parents, john and francis alan. If it hadnt been for richmond he wouldnt have had the middle name of alan. We dont know what his middle name would have been if it werent for them. This is where he first fell in love, this is where he wrote his first poetry. This is where he had a lot of those forward inspirations that inspired literature for years t