21. Reader's Companion To American History - -POE, EDGAR ALLAN Poe, Edgar Allan. (18091849), short-story writer, Poet, and critic. The son ofitinerant actors, Poe was orphaned at two and was adopted by John Allan, http://college.hmco.com/history/readerscomp/rcah/html/ah_069600_poeedgaralla.htm

Entries Publication Data Advisory Board Contributors ... World Civilizations The Reader's Companion to American History POE, EDGAR ALLAN , short-story writer, poet, and critic. The son of itinerant actors, Poe was orphaned at two and was adopted by John Allan, a Richmond, Virginia, merchant and his wife. They gave Poe his middle name and a genteel childhood but eventually became the source of profound unhappiness. Allan was unfaithful to his wife, and when Poe took her part, Allan turned on him savagely. Although Allan violently opposed Poe's literary career, he unwittingly encouraged it. His firm imported many foreign books and magazines, which Poe read assiduously, giving him a literary sophistication far beyond his Richmond peers. Allan sent Poe to the University of Virginia with no spending money; when the boy ran up heavy gambling debts, his foster father refused to pay. After a bitter quarrel, Poe left home to seek literary fame. Poe moved to Boston in 1827 where he published a book of poems but almost starved. He enlisted in the army and soon became sergeant major of his regiment. A reconciliation with Allan, motivated largely by Poe's hope of an inheritance, led to an appointment to West Point. There he began brilliantly, but another falling out with Allan plunged him into depression. He stopped attending classes and drills and was dismissed in 1831. His cadet friends helped finance a book of poems containing some of his best lyrics, "Israfel" and "The Doomed City," but the book was hardly noticed.

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Library Edgar Allan Poe Online Dictionary Spelling Center Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) Edgar Allan Poe is best known for his poems and short fiction. Moreover, he was the father of the modern mystery. Additionally, Poe has had a worldwide influence on literature. Poe was born in Boston January 19, 1809 and died October 7, 1849 in Baltimore. Poe's parents, David Poe Jr. and Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins died before he was 3 years old. He was taken into the home of John Allan, and baptized Edgar Allan Poe. Form 1815 to 1820 he studied in England. Six year later, he entered the University of Virginia, where he studied for a year. While in the University, he ran up large gambling debts. To punish Pow, Allan prevented his return to the university and broke off Poe's engagement to Sarah Elmira Royster. Next, Poe enlisted in the army. By this time, he had already written and printed his first book, Tamerlane and Other Poems. After 6 months Poe was dismissed from West Point for disobedience of orders. Yet, in 1831, his fellow cadets, contributed the funds for the publication of Poems by Edgar A. Poe ... Second Edition. Poe's first love was poetry, but he was unable to make a living at it at first. After the army, Poe moved in Baltimore with his aunt Maria Clemm and her daughter, Virginia. While there, he turned to fiction as a way to make a living. In 1832 the Philadelphia Saturday Courier published five of his stories - all comic or satiric. In 1835, Poe, his aunt, and Virginia moved to Richmond. There, he became editor of the Southern Literary Messenger and married Virginia, who was 13 years old. His marriage forced him to find a way to earn money. When the editor of the Messenger offered employment, Poe accepted.

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24. Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe (18091849), the father of the modern mystery, was born in Bostonon January 19, 1809. Edgar Allan Poe Murders in the Rue Morgue http://www.mysterynet.com/edgar-allan-poe/

@import url("/includes/styles/mysterynet.css"); Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe biography, picture, short stories Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) , the father of the modern mystery, was born in Boston on January 19, 1809. Edgar Allan Poe Murders in the Rue Morgue Edgar Allan Poe Books Mystery Time Line Welcome Mystery Time Line Profiles History of the Mystery Cicero Edgar Allan Poe Sherlock Holmes ... Nancy Drew Mystery Greats Websites Agatha Christie Nancy Drew Alfred Hitchcock Charlie Chan ... Clue Chronicles He was educated in Virginia and England as a child. It was during his later years at West Point that he showed a remarkable propensity for writing prose. As early as the age of 15, he wrote these words in memory of a female acquaintance, "The requiem for the loveliest dead that ever died so young." Indeed, Edgar Allan Poe's first love was poetry, although he was unable to make a living at it early on, he was able to publish two small volumes during these early years. Only after becoming an assistant editor at the Southern Literary Messenger in Richmond, Virginia, in 1835 did Poe's literary talents start to blossom. It was at this time in his life that Poe fell in love with his 13-year-old cousin Virginia. Their marriage forced him to find a source of income. When the editor of the Messenger offered employment, Poe eagerly accepted. During his tenure at the Messenger, Edgar Allan Poe was an editor as well as a contributor. In early 1836, Poe was credited with "between 80 and 90 reviews, six poems, four essays and three stories, not to mention editorials and commentaries." (Edgar A. Poe: Mournful and Never-Ending Remembrance)

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Return to The Worlds of David Darling INDEX LATEST NEWS ARCHIVE ... Z entire Web this site Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849) American author and pioneer of the mystery and science fiction genres. His The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaal (1835) ranks among the first scientifically serious tales of spaceflight and had a powerful influence on future writings on this subject. His description of Earth as seen from space is surprisingly accurate and his sealed gondola-ship reminiscent of stratospheric balloons of the 1930s. It is no coincidence that one of his university teachers was Joseph Tucker SCIENCE FICTION Reference 1. Poe, Edgar Allan. "The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaal." In Works of Edgar Allen Poe BACK TO TOP var site="s13space1234"

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Edgar Allan Poe ersonal tragedy was, unfortunately, a recurring theme throughout Edgar Allan Poe's life. Born in Boston in 1809 to actor parents, he never knew his father David Poe, who left his mother and disappeared soon after Edgar was born, then died in Virginia in 1810. His mother, who suffered from tuberculosis (then called consumption), died in Richmond, Virginia in late 1811, orphaning Edgar, his older brother William Henry, and half-sister Rosalie. Mrs. Frances Allan of Richmond convinced her wealthy merchant husband John Allan to take the child Edgar into his home. It was here that Edgar was to be raised, with his early influences being the stories of house slaves and the tales told by skippers and sea merchants. The dead and dying would always have a strong hold over Edgar, as demonstrated by the story that a six-year old Edgar was once "seized with terror" as he passed by a local graveyard, convinced that the spirits of the undead would run after him. In 1815, the family went to Scotland and England, where they lived for five years. Poe's schoolboy experiences there added further influences to the young writer's life. Once back in Richmond, Edgar began writing poetry regularly when he was in his early teens. He fell in love with a girl named Elmira, and they eventually pledged themselves to each other. In 1826 he was sent to the University of Virginia to study law. His rich foster father, with whom Edgar had always had a tumultuous relationship, gave him a mere $100 to cover yearly expenses that probably totaled to at least $450. Under these circumstances the young man quickly fell into debt, and began gambling in an attempt to make up his losses. On top of this, Elmira's letters to him had been intercepted by both sets of parents and, having received no encouraging replies from Edgar, she was persuaded to become engaged to another man. After this, Edgar began drinking seriously, he had little resistance to alcohol and easily became violent and irrational when he drank too much.

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showHide_TellMeAbout2('false'); Arts Business Entertainment Games ... More... On this page: Personalities Dictionary Encyclopedia Works Literature US History Biography Wikipedia Best of Web Mentioned In Or search: - The Web - Images - News - Blogs - Shopping Edgar Allan Poe Personalities View Poster Edgar Allan Poe Writer Born: 19 January 1809 Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts Died: 7 October 1849 Best Known As: Author of "The Raven" Edgar Allan Poe's classic poem "The Raven" cemented his reputation as a black-feathered literary master of the macabre. In the late 1820s and early 1830s Poe mixed poetry with work as a soldier in the U.S. Army. He was dismissed from West Point and moved to Baltimore, Maryland, where he began writing prose. Throughout the 1830s and 1840s Poe worked on various magazines in Richmond, Philadelphia and New York, and also published creepy short stories and poems, including "The Purloined Letter," "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Cask of Amontillado." His story The Murders in the Rue Morgue is widely considered to be the first modern detective story, with Poe the forerunner of later masters of the craft like

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30. Edgar Allan Poe Poetry And Biography Edgar Allan Poe lived only 40 short years (18091849), yet his body of work isas rich a literary legacy as any published author. http://www.webterrace.com/poe/

Edgar Allan Poe, critic, mystery and short story writer, but most importantly a poet, all these titles help to describe the multitalented genius that is Edgar Allan Poe. Edgar Allan Poe lived only 40 short years (1809-1849), yet his body of work is as rich a literary legacy as any published author. Poe was born into an acting family, both mother and father were actors, but their tragic death in 1812, left young Edgar to be raised by his Godfather John Allan, a wealthy merchant in Richmond Virginia. Poe was educated abroad and later at the University of Virginia. His relationship with his Godfather was not always an easy one; arguments over Edgar's gambling eventually led to a parting of ways and a tour of duty in the army for Poe due to financial necessity. There was a reconciliation with John Allan, only to have the relationship chill again once John Allan remarried. Tamerlane and other poems (1827) was Edgar Allen Poe's first published literary work, followed by two other works a few years later. These early works were not met with the critical acclaim that would later be bestowed upon him. He moved to Baltimore to live with his Aunt Clemm and her daughter Virginia. He secured a job as editor of the

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Home Literary Movements Timeline American Authors ... American Literature Sites Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849): Brief Lecture Notes Plain text versionno links. I. Biographical Background Kenneth Silverman argues that Poe's work is shadowed by the deaths of three women he loved intensely (in addition to Poe's best-known inspiration, his beloved young wife Virginia): 1. his mother (when he was about 2 years old) 2. Jane Stanard (idealized mother of a school friend), who died insane at age 28 ("To Helen") 3. Frances Allan (his foster mother) II. Major Phases of Poe's Career A. 1827-1831. 3 slim volumes of poetry expressed a strong attachment to the romantic myth of a pastoral and poetic ideal, made up of dreams and memories of Eden. B. 1831 marked a transition year: moved to Baltimore (1831-1835); wrote "Israfel," "Romance," "To Helen" 1. His work during this period expressed a new commitment to a poetry of heartfelt conviction in the face of life's burdens and sorrows. 2. From 1831-41 Poe experienced a radical change; his works involved the theme of death as a finality in a cosmic void of darkness and silence.

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Home Search Indexes E-books ... creative Creative Quotations from . . . Edgar Allan Poe 1809-1849) born on Jan 19 US "poet, short-story writer". "He is famous for his mysterious, macabre stories and poems, e.g., "The Gold Bug," 1843 and "The Raven," 1845." Search millions of documents for Edgar Allan Poe Fishing For Creativity Creative Perfumes It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial." Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things that escape those who dream only at night. "It will be found, in fact, that the ingenious are always fanciful, and the truly imaginative never otherwise than analytic." The true genius shudders at incompleteness and usually prefers silence to saying something which is not every thing it should be. To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness. Published Sources for the above Quotations: F: ""The Pioneer Magazine," 1 Mar 1843." R: From an Internet collection of quotations.

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Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) "Poe" during a snowstorm in Baltimore! lol a brief sketch Edgar Allan Poe was a famous American poet, short story writer, journalist, and literary critic who lived from 1809-1849. He was born in Boston on January 19th, 1809 and was orphaned at an early age, after which he was sent to live with a foster family (The Allans) in Richmond. He was never officially adopted by the Allans and he was eventually disowned by the family. Poe won a short story contest in 1833, and two years later became a literary critic for the magazine (The Southern Literary Messenger). Shortly after, he then married his 13-year-old cousin, Virginia in 1836. He became nationally famous upon the publication of his poem The Raven in 1845. His life was marred by infrequent but intense drinking bouts which gave him a bad reputation. However, he continued to produce excellent short stories (Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Gold Bug) which brought him acclaim in America, England, and especially in France. Many of Poe's stories take place in Paris . (The French poet Baudelaire translated many of Poe's works) Unfortunately, after the death of Poe's wife (1847), he fell apart and

34. Edgar Allan Poe's Virtual Library (a graphic novel inspired by the works of Edgar Allan Poe). Conferences Cybertour Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe (18091849) Brief Lecture Notes http://www.comnet.ca/~forrest/library.html

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35. American Passages - Unit 6. Gothic Undercurrents: Authors Authors Edgar Allan Poe (18091849). Edgar Allan Poe 7244 WS Hartshorn, EdgarAllan Poe (1848), courtesy of the Library of Congress LC-USZ62-10610. http://www.learner.org/amerpass/unit06/authors-9.html

Home Channel Video Catalog About Us ... Contact Us Select a Different Unit 1. Native Voices 2. Exploring Borderlands 3. Utopian Promise 4. Spirit of Nationalism 5. Masculine Heroes 6. Gothic Undercurrents 7. Slavery and Freedom 8. Regional Realism 9. Social Realism 10. Rhythms in Poetry 11. Modernist Portraits 12. Migrant Struggle 13. Southern Renaissance 14. Becoming Visible 15. Poetry of Liberation 16. Search for Identity Gothic Undercurrents Unit Overview Using the Video Authors ... Activities Authors: Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) ] W. S. Hartshorn, Edgar Allan Poe courtesy of the Library of Congress [LC-USZ62-10610]. Edgar Allan Poe Activities This link leads to artifacts, teaching tips and discussion questions for this author. Born to the teenage actors Elizabeth Arnold and David Poe Jr. (in a time when acting was a highly disreputable career), Edgar Allan Poe was raised by a Richmond, Virginia, merchant named John Allan after both his parents died. Allan sent Poe to the University of Virginia, but Poe left after quarrelling with Allan in 1827. Allan had no patience for Poe's literary pretensions, and Poe found Allan cheap and cruel. Poe then sought out his father's relatives in Baltimore, where he published his first volume of poems, Tamerlane and Other Poems , and later secretly married his thirteen-year-old cousin, Virginia Clemm. He moved with his wife and her mother to Richmond, Philadelphia (where he wrote several of his most famous works, including "Ligeia," "The Fall of the House of Usher," and "The Tell-Tale Heart"), and then to New York City. Throughout these relocations, he worked editing magazines and newspapers, but found it difficult to hold onto any one job for very long. Poe's horror tales and detective stories (a genre he created) were written to capture the fancy of the popular reading public, but he earned his national reputation through a large number of critical essays and sketches. With the publication of "The Raven" (1845), Poe secured his fame, but he was not succeeding as well in his personal life. His wife died in 1847, and Poe was increasingly ill and drinking uncontrollably. He died on a trip to Baltimore, four days after being found intoxicated near a polling booth on Election Day.

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The Lied and Art Song Texts Page Home Search Contents Introduction What's new Forums FAQ Indexes to the Texts by Composer by Poet by First Line by Title by Language Utilities Wishlist View Guestbook Sign Guestbook Search ... Random Art Song Text Credits Created and maintained by Emily Ezust Translators and other volunteers Contact Information Partial Bibliography Emily's Homepage ... Emily's Amazon wishlist Please visit Artsconverge , a Lieder-related web-project on which I once did some work. Author: Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) Texts set to music [warning - not an exhaustive list] [x] indicates a text that is not yet in the database Note: titles are in bold and first lines are in italics Am Morgen, am Mittag, im Abendlicht Louis Ferdinand: Gebet Annabel Lee It was many and many a year ago ) - Balfe At morn, at noon, at twilight dim, Maria GER By a route obscure and lonely Dreamland Dreamland By a route obscure and lonely Eldorado Gaily bedight En des visions de la nuit sombre Severac: Gaily bedight Eldorado Gebet Am Morgen, am Mittag, im Abendlicht ) - Louis Ferdinand Hymn At morn, at noon, at twilight dim, Maria

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Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) Silence actually has fifteen lines but seems to belong here. The "dear name" concealed within An Enigma can be found by reading the first letter of the first line, the second letter of the second line, etc. to the end of the sonnetshe was a poet and friend of Poe's. To Science An Enigma Silence SonnetTo Zante To Science Science! True daughter of Old Time thou art! Who alterest all things with thy peering eyes. Why preyest thou thus upon the poet's heart, Vulture, whose wings are dull realities? How should he love thee? or how deem thee wise, Who wouldst not leave him in his wandering To seek for treasure in the jewelled skies, Albeit he soared with an undaunted wing? Hast thou not dragged Diana from her car? And driven the Hamadryad from the wood To seek a shelter in some happier star? Hast thou not torn the Naiad from her flood, The Elfin from the green grass, and from me The summer dream beneath the tamarind tree? An Enigma "Seldom we find," says Solomon Don Dunce, "Half an idea in the profoundest sonnet. Through all the flimsy things we see at once As easily as through a Naples bonnet Trash of all trash?how

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Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) Born in Boston to parents who were actors, Poe was adopted by the Allans of Virginia. From February to December of 1826, Poe attended the University of Virginia, where he distinguished himself as a student but accrued heavy gambling debts that forced his departure. After venturing to Boston, Poe published a slim volume of poems entitled Tamerlane, but did not meet with instant literary success. In 1827, Poe's impoverished circumstances led him to enlist in the United States Army as "Edgar A. Perry," where he served for two years. In 1829, Poe's foster father John Allan purchased his release from the army and aided him in securing an appointment to West Point. But Poe was unhappy at West Point; after unsucessfully begging Allan to authorize him to leave the Academy, Poe managed to get himself expelled by skipping drills and classes. He moved to New York and published his Poems, then proceeded to Baltimore, where he started writing stories and won a literary contest sponsored by the Baltimore Visiter.

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