Edgar Allan Poe

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Edgar Allan Poe

• Poet, Short Story Writer, and Critic
• (1809-1849)

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Birth
Born In Boston, Massachusetts on Jan 19, 1809
Second child to David Poe, Jr., and Elizabeth
Arnold Poe
Present-day Boston, MA
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Childhood

• Father, an alcoholic, left family
• Mother died in 1811
• Lived with Mr. and Mrs. John allan in Richmond,
  Virginia

Richmond, VA
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Education

• Went to grammar school in England
• (1815-1820)
• Enrolled at University of Virginia
• (1826) at the age of 17
• Left a year later because of Gambling

University of Virginia
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Wife

• (May 16, 1836)
• Secretly married cousin, Virginia Clemm
• She was 14 years of age
• At the time, he was working as editor of The
  Southern Literary Messenger in Richmond
• Clemm died of tuberculosis 11 years after

Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe (1822-1847)
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Literary Works

• Tales and poems produce haunting effect had an
  obsession with death
• Notable Works of Poe
• Short stories -
• The Pit and the Pendulum (1842)
• The Tell Tale Heart (1843)
• Poems -
• Annabel Lee (1849)
• The Raven (1845)
• The Raven established Poes fame as a writer

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Death

• Poe died in 1849
• Circumstances of his death are unknown
• was known to be an alcoholic, drinking in excess
  occasionally
• some believe he died in a gutter
• Study reveals he died of Rabies
• death is haunting, like
• his literary works

Edgar Allan Poe
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Works Cited

• Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe. United
  States
• of America McDougal Littell, 2001, pp. 3-11.
• Mabbot, Thomas O. Poe, Edgar Allan. Colliers
• Encyclopedia. 1990 ed.
• Edgar Allan Poe. 29 September 2005.
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