Writing Styles of Herman Melville and Edgar Allen Poe Many of Herman Melville and Edgar Allen Poe's literary works of the nineteenth century are still widely regarded today as literary classics, not only because of the quality of their literature, but also because of the original writing and story techniques used by Melville and Poe. In fact, many of the unprecedented styles used by Poe and Melville are now widely considered the norm in writing quality literature. One example of this is the single-effect theory first seen in Edgar Allen Poe's short story, "The Fall of the House