He mainly wrote in the Romanticism time period, but many people believed he also wrote in the moderism time period as well.
American Romanticicsm movement
father of modern short story
Edgar Allan Poe.
John Allan is Edgar Allan Poe's foster father.
Edgar Allan Poe is the father of detective fiction.
It is Edgar Allan Poe.
There were rumors that Edgar Allan Poe's birth father was not his legal father, and that his biological father was actually a different individual. However, there is no concrete evidence to support these claims.
Edgar Allan Poe is considered the father of the detective fiction genre. His famous detective character, C. Auguste Dupin, laid the groundwork for future mystery and detective stories.
When Edgar Allan Poe's foster father, John Allan, died, Edgar did not inherit anything significant. John Allan had made provisions for his wife and other children in his will, leaving Edgar out of his inheritance. Poe had a strained relationship with John Allan throughout his life and was largely financially independent by the time of his father's death.
David Poe, Jr., Edgar Allan Poe's natural father, was born on July 18, 1784, in Baltimore, Maryland.
he never knew his father
Edgar Allan Poe's mother died before his father abandoned the family. His mother, Elizabeth Poe, passed away in 1811 when Edgar was only two years old. His father, David Poe Jr., had already abandoned them earlier, around 1809.
When Edgar Allan Poe's foster father John Allan died, he left Poe with nothing because he said that Poe had too much of a bad attitude, that he refused to get along and would never become anything because of his attitude...
Poe was 25 years old, when his foster father, John Allan, died.