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Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe. Poet, Critic, and Master of the Short Story Form. Poe's mother, Elizabeth Arnold Poe, died in Richmond on December 8, 1811. Early life. Poe was born in Boston on January 19, 1809. His parents were touring actors and died when he was 2.

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Edgar Allan Poe

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  1. Edgar Allan Poe Poet, Critic, and Master of the Short Story Form.

  2. Poe's mother, Elizabeth Arnold Poe, died in Richmond on December 8, 1811. Early life • Poe was born in Boston on January 19, 1809. • His parents were touring actors and died when he was 2. • He was raised by John Allan, a businessman, who took him to England at age six.

  3. Chronology • Poe went to private school until 1820 when he returned to Richmond, VA to attend University of Virginia. He only attended for 1 year. • In 1827, his foster father, disgusted with his drinking and gambling, refused to pay his debts and forced him to be a clerk. • Poe hated clerking and quit! He went to Boston and wrote his first book (published anon.)

  4. Chronology Continued • 1827- Poe enlists in U.S. Army for 2 years. He publishes his second volume of verse in 1829. • 1829- reconciles with foster father and enrolls in West Point U.S. military academy. • Several months later Poe was dismissed for neglect of his duty. His foster father disowned him completely.

  5. 1832- Poe moves to Baltimore and lives with his aunt and her 11 year old daughter Virginia Clemm. He married Virginia when she was not yet 14. • Through the next decade, Virginia was ill. Poe worked as an editor for various periodicals until Virginia died in 1847 from tuberculosis and he became ill himself.

  6. The End for Poe • Poe’s illness was an addiction to alcohol and allegedly drugs. • He had been missing for several days when a man found him on the night of Oct. 3, 1849, barely conscious and wearing clothes that did not fit, and brought him to Washington College Hospital for treatment. • Poe died at the age of 40 on Sunday October 7, 1849 after a short and prison like hospital stay after being presumed drunk when found in a local Baltimore bar called Ryan’s 4th.

  7. The Death Theories! • Alcohol- Poe did drink during Virginia’s long illness. • “Congestion of the Brain”- It was thought Poe had a brain tumor • Disease- Tuberculosis, epilepsy, diabetes, and rabies all suspected!

  8. The Mystery of the Mystery Writer’s Untimely Demise. • The exact cause of Poe’s death was never discovered. It was assumed his alcohol addiction was the cause of his death. However, It was later theorized he may have died of Rabies! (Rabies is a deadly disease that destroys nerve cells. It is most often found in and carried by animals.)

  9. 1827- Tamerlane and Other Poems (written anonymously) 1829- Al Aaraaf 1831- Poems 1833- A MS. Found in a Bottle (This tale won a contest sponsored by the Baltimore Sunday Visitor 1839- The Fall of the House of Usher 1842- The Tell Tale Heart 1846- The Cask of Amontillado Poe’s Writings PROSE POETRY While Poe considered himself a poet, economic necessity forced him into prose, or short stories.

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