Edgar Allen Poe

[Nonsensical]

From little that I know about his actual human-nature, I think he may be either an INFP, INTP, or ENTP, what do you think?

 

[Jack Flak]

I would probably favor INFP slightly, though I would love to claim him as my type (And he may have been INTP). He's incredible.

(It's "Allan," btw)

 

[edcoaching]

INP all right.

The writers in the world without mental health problems are INJ's

 

[Jack Flak]

INP all right.

The writers in the world without mental health problems are INJ's

I'll assume you mean writers aside from message board posters, and leave it at that.

 

[kuranes]

I wonder if Dostoevsky read Poe's "William Wilson" ( inspired by Washington Irving ) and was, in turn, inspired by it before writing the Kafka-like story "The Double" ? I suppose Jung could have had a field day with all the "Shadow as Doppelganger" stuff going on.

 

[colmena]

INP all right.

The writers in the world without mental health problems are INJ's

Well where's the fun in that?

 

[dorareever]

INFP. Almost a borderline INTP, but still NF.

 

[dorareever]

INP all right.

The writers in the world without mental health problems are INJ's

writers without mental health problems? do they exist?

 

[GZA]

INTP for sure. Most his stories that I've read were prototypically INTP; they explored the logical possiblities and logical nature of how something worked or how a series of events transpired. He is almost portrayed as this dark INFP or INFJ, but I was shocked that his works I read didn't reflect that at all. Unless he became an INFP as he grew older and I was reading earlier works, there is no doubt in my mind about INTP.

 

[Jack Flak]

INTP for sure. Most his stories that I've read were prototypically INTP

I think I was hesitant to call him INTP just because he's a poet, which is odd, since I've written poetry myself, and like Poe's it's very "by the book" when it comes to meter and rhyme.

I vote INTP now.

 

[dorareever]

I might agree about INTP. Actually what I really appreciate in his tales is the strain of the logical mind trying to barely control the horror of the unknown.

His poetry is more NF-ish though IMHO. Might be an INTP with well developed Fi and Fe, or a very cerebral INFP. *scratches head*

 

[edcoaching]

I might agree about INTP. Actually what I really appreciate in his tales is the strain of the logical mind trying to barely control the horror of the unknown.

That is so accurate.

 

[dorareever]

That is so accurate.

 

[ThatGirl]

I say ENTP, if you read his stories he is very clever. Usually bold, or keenly observant.

 

[Ghostwheel]

INFJ.

Introverted intuitive. Highly sentimental.

 

[Blanchard]

I think that he is INTJ. The introversion and the intuition is obiously. He is more rational that sentimental, his tales are a reflection of the logic of his personality, used, sometimes, in order to explain "paranormal or fantastic acts (if You have read "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", it is a perfect mix of rationality and imagination typical of an INTJ). Futhermore, i think that poe is J by the number of hidden criticism in his works.

 

[EffEmDoubleyou]

ESTP all the way. Check it out:

 

[ThatGirl]

I say ENTP, if you read his stories he is very clever. Usually bold, or keenly observant.

Ha I would like to point out I called him an ENTP, because at the time I was an ENTP, and I related to his analysis.

 

[Elfboy]

INFJ 4w5 Sx/So...and a total loser

 

[Killjoy]

Anyone who marries their teenage cousin can't be a total loser...