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Oct 24, 2023 · Who Was Edgar Allan Poe? Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet , critic, and editor in the 19 th century best known for his evocative short stories and poems that captured the interest of ...
Bon-Bon (The Bargain Lost) The Cask of Amontillado. The Colloquy of Monos and Una. The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion (The Destruction of the World) A Decided Loss (Loss of Breath) A Descent into the Maelström. The Devil in the Belfry. Diddling Considered as One of the Exact Sciences.
Dec 22, 2021 · Edgar Allan Poe's wife Virginia dies of tuberculosis, sending Poe into bouts of depression and torturous grief, during which he reportedly seeks the comforts of alcohol. 1849 When Edgar Allan Poe travels to Richmond for a poetry reading and lecture, he reunites with his one-time fiancée, Elmira Shelton, who is now widowed and wealthy.
Poe’s father and mother, both professional actors, died before the poet was three years old, and John and Frances Allan raised him as a foster child in Richmond, Virginia. John Allan, a prosperous tobacco exporter, sent Poe to the best boarding schools and, later, to the University of Virginia, where Poe excelled academically.
Jun 1, 2006 · Despite a mixed reputation during his lifetime, Poe is today considered one of America’s greatest writers. Born in Boston on January 19, 1809, Poe was the son of professional actors. Soon after ...
Edgar A. Poe: Mournful and Never-ending Remembrance. New York, 1991. New York, 1991. Its psychoanalytic explanations are sometimes unconvincing, but it is easily the best biography available.
Poe Studies / Dark Romanticism (Full issues, 1968-1987) A Poe Bookshelf (A large selection of books, articles and lectures about Poe, all presented as e-text, with a few general lists of errata for more current books still under copy-right.)
