The Tormented Life of Edgar Allan Poe

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The Tormented Life of Edgar Allan Poe

• The Short Life 1809-1849

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A Life of Abandonment

• Father Disappeared
• Mother Died
• Brother Relatives
• Sister Adopted
• 1st Love Forbidden
• Mrs. Allan Died
• Mr. Allan Severed ties with Poe

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Elementary Education

• Scotland, England
• Attended Irvine Grammar School
• Attended Manor House School
• Richmond, Virginia
• English and Classical School

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College Years

• Charlottesville, VA.
• University of Virginia
• West Point, NY
• United States Military Academy
• Did Not Graduate from Either

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Demons

• Alcohol addiction
• Gambling Addiction
• Guilt of Incest
• Emotional Instability
• Social Misfit
• Financial Failure
• Catalytic Sleeping Illness

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Accomplishments

• Originator of the American Short Story
• Perfected the Short Story as an Art Form
• Led in Methods of Analysis in Detective Stories
• Created Atmosphere of Morbid Horror
• Poetry is Pure Magic

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Short Stories

• The Pit and the Pendulum
• The Fall of the House of Usher
• Tell-Tale Heart
• The Gold Bug
• The Cask of the Amontillado
• The Masgue of the Red Death

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Poems

• The Raven
• To Helen
• The Bells
• Annabell Lee

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Final Days

• After Death of Wife, Poe wandered from city to
  city
• Worked on Writing Eureka, a novel
• Met his 1st Love Again
• Planned to Marry Her
• Found in a Ditch in Baltimore
• Died Three Days Later

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