{"date":"January 19","id":"01-19","intro":["Regarded in Europe as one of America’s greatest writers, Poe originated the detective story, perfected the mystery short story, and produced America’s first great poems. Here he unravels the fabric of which all poetry is woven."],"minutes":18,"readings":[{"author":"Edgar Allan Poe","end":380,"start":371,"volume":28,"work":"The Poetic Principle"}],"slug":"january-19","status":"proofread","title":"Poe on Poetry","url":"/harvard-classics/january-19/","words":3532}