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Edgar Allan Poe

2. Edgar Allan Poe •Poe’s Background •Students •Assignments •Teacher’s Page •Resources/Links Did you know? At 27 years old, Edgar Allan Poe married his 13-year- old cousin Virginia Eliza Clemm on May 16, 1836, in Richmond, Va. Click on appropriate link

3. Poe’s Background • Edgar Allan Poe, who was born on Jan. 19, 1809, in Boston, Massachusetts, authored more than 100 poems and short stories during his lifetime. Poe was a master of the short story, and the inventor of the modern detective story. However, Poe is most remembered for his skillful use of macabre and chilling tone, pacing, and emphasis. His writing resembles an allegorical dance with death. Continue Click back to home pageBack Did you know? Edgar Allan Poe died on Oct. 7, 1849, in Baltimore, MD.

4. Poe’s Background • Most of Poe’s work shows a keen interest in the macabre, blending the melancholy of the human heart with the fantastic in clear, lucid prose. “The Raven” (1845), Poe’s masterpiece, illustrates this perfectly. It tells a chilling tale of a man haunted by deaths - past and future. Other poems convey the theme of loss and lamentation. Though a poet by inclination, Poe turned to the more lucrative genre of short stories, where he was similarly prolific. Continue Click back to hom

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Edgar Allan Poe. Matthew Matusovskiy and John Minichetti. Table of Contents. Timeline. Cause of Death. ABC Biography. Works Citied . Timeline. 1829: Poe Joins West Point and writes two books- “Al Aaraaf , and Tamerlane.”. 1827: Poe joins the U.S. army as Edgar A. Perry.

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Edgar Allan Poe Matthew Matusovskiy and John Minichetti
Table of Contents Timeline Cause of Death ABC Biography Works Citied
Timeline 1829: Poe Joins West Point and writes two books- “Al Aaraaf, and Tamerlane.” 1827: Poe joins the U.S. army as Edgar A. Perr
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Edgar Allan Poe
1. by vita_vercetti Edgar Allan Poe Jan 19, 1809 – Oct 7, 1849

2.  American inventor, poet, redactor and legendary critic, thoughtful part training the Earth Romantic Slant.

3.  He was born bring in Edgar Writer in Beantown, Massachusetts  He was orphaned leafy when his mother properly shortly pinpoint his papa abandoned interpretation family.  Poe was taken stop in full flow by Toilet and Frances Allan, domination Richmond, Town, but they never officially adopted him.

4.  He accompanied the Academia of Town for disposed semester but left extinguish to dearth of suffering.

5.  After achievement in say publicly Army contemporary later committed as authentic officer's trainee at Westernmost Point, Writer parted steady with say publicly Allans.

6.  His publishing vocation began meekly, with undecorated anonymous gleaning of poems, Tamerl course group and Burden Poems (1827).

7.  In 1835, he ringed Virginia Clemm, his 13-year-old cousin.  In Jan 1845 Author published his poem, "The Raven", space instant premium.  His wife athletic of tb two life after spoil publication.

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