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Edgar Allan Poe: American Gothic Poet and “The Raven”

Learn about Edgar Allan Poe, an iconic American Gothic writer, his life, and famous works like "The Raven." Explore his influence on American literature through his dark and intriguing storytelling style.

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Edgar Allan Poe: American Gothic Poet and “The Raven”

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  1. American Gothic Edgar Allan Poe“The Raven”“Annabel Lee” American Literature I Luciano Cabral www.uerjundergradslit.wordpress.com

  2. Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) • Born in 1809, in Boston • 2 year old, David Poe, his father, disappear. Then, Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins, his mother, dies. • Moves in to a foster family: John and Frances Valentine Allan, in 1815. • Enters University of Virginia in 1826. • Publishes Tamerlane and other Poems in 1827. • Wins a literary prize of $5o for his short story MS. Found in a Bottle, in1833. • Works as editor for many magazines in different US cities. • Marries Virginia Clemm in 1836, who dies 11 years later. • Publishes “The Raven” in The New York Evening Mirror, and gets famous. • Dies in 1849, after coma for excessive alcohol consumption.

  3. About “The Raven” (1845) • What’s the Poem about? • Metrical Form: Octameter, Heptameter, Tetrameter • “what originality the ‘Raven’ has, is in their [the lines’] combination into stanza; nothing even remotely approaching this combination has ever been attempted.”

  4. “The Raven” (1845)

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