Edgar Allen Poe is widely known for what type of style of American Renaissance literature? Cynicism, in which he criticizes Romanticism and does not think nature, imagination, and self-reflection are important.

Dark Romanticism, in which he uses a despairing, more mysterious style to portray nature, imagination, & self-reflection.

Transcendentalism, in which he uses a lighter, calmer, peaceful style to portray nature, imagination, and self-reflection.