Comparison and Contrast of Washington Irving and Edgar Allan Poe

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…showed last 75 words of 754 total…styles and emphasis show the differences of Washington Irving and Edgar Allan Poe. The writing styles of Washington Irving and Edgar Allan Poe are very similar in their extensive use of descriptive passages but they are even more different by the tones which they use to develop the stories. Irving uses humor while Poe relies on horror. While their writings reflect a certain style and theme about Romanticism, clearly their own writing personalities are demonstrated.