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was Edgar Allan Poe mentally distrebed? Was he consiered insane?
-- Anonymous, December 06, 2003
I believe that there is a distinct difference between being "insane" and mad. I most certainly believe that Poe was mad, but not insane. Insane draws upon the idea that he was unmanagable, and by his works that is obviously not true. Being "mad", I believe, is being driven into creative unimaginable worlds that just can't be seen by the average outsider.
-- Anonymous, December 07, 2003