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Title: 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
3
Childhood
  • Father, an alcoholic, left family
  • Mother died in 1811
  • Lived with Mr. and Mrs. John allan in Richmond,
    Virginia

Richmond, VA
4
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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