If the meaning of a particular literary work is to be closely determined, then its relations towards other works, as well as authors, have to be established. In this paper, I wrote about the influence of Edgar Allan Poe's work on Antun Gustav Matoš. Some of the themes and motifs they have in common include: Gothic architecture that is important for creating atmosphere and is often a part of the surrounding landscape. Female characters that are usually linked with the themes of love and death, while death of a beautiful woman is one of the main aesthetic characteristics of these two authors. The motif of the double that is used to characterize internal human conflicts and their inner battle between the rational and irrational. Both of the authors cultivate death as a dominant theme that mostly occurs with the motifs of insanity, drunkenness and bizarre circumstances. All of the themes are associated with nocturnal and anxious atmospheres which are cruicial for developing the mental states of the characters. In conclusion, Poe's impact on Matoš's work is evident. Although he even impersonated some of Poe' texts, they are all highly originally processed and are a signature part of his literary work.