poean

adj

1. Synonym of Poe-esque (“of or relating to Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849), the American poet and writer best known for tales of the macabre and mystery, or to his works; also, suggestive, or in the style, of Poe's works; especially, eerie, Gothic, macabre”).

   “The reader may judge for himself of the Poeän echoes in the following stanzas from the collections of 1851 and 1853:— […]”

   “The work [English Notes (1842) by Edgar Allan Poe] is a biting satire and in part an able parody on Dicken's [Charles Dickens'] American book. The British character, customs and literary men are treated with a typically Poean vindictiveness.”

   “The Poean hero must know what lies shrouded in mystery, must confront what he most fears.”