Edgar Allan Poe

So far, my research has given two houses. In the house in Balt­imore, Mary land he wrote: Stories:

"MS. Found in a Bottle" (Baltimore Saturday Visiter, October 26, 1833)

"The Visionary" (Submitted to the Baltimore Saturday Visiter in 1833. First published in Godey's Lady's Book for Jan. 1834)

"Lion-izing. A Tale" (Southern Literary Messenger, May 1835)

"Shadow-A Parable" (Southern Literary Messenger, September 1835)

"Siope. A Fable" (Manuscript before May 4, 1833. First published in The Baltimore Book, a Christmas and New Year's Present, 1838)

"Berenice - A Tale" (Southern Literary Messenger, March, 1835)

"Morella" (Manuscript, about 1835. First published in Southern Literary Messenger, April 1835)

"King Pest the First. A Tale containing an Allegory" (Mabbott assigns a probable date of 1834. First published in Southern Literary Messenger, September 1835)

"Hans Pfaall - A Tale" (Manuscript presumed as April or May, 1835; Southern Literary Messenger, June, 1835)

Poems:

"Latin Hymn" (Manuscript, May 4, 1833)

"Enigma [on Shakespeare]" (Baltimore Saturday Visiter, Feb. 2, 1833)

"Serenade" (Baltimore Saturday Visiter, April 20, 1833)

"To - [Sleep on]" (Baltimore Saturday Visiter, May 11, 1833)

"Fanny" (Baltimore Saturday Visiter, May 18, 1833)

"The Coliseum" (Baltimore Saturday Visiter, October 26, 1833)

"To Elizabeth" (Manuscript from the album of Elizabeth Rebecca Herring, 1833)

"To Mary [Winfree]" (Southern Literary Messenger, July 1835)

Reviews and Editorial Items:

"[Review of R. M. Bird's Calavar]" (Southern Literary Messenger, February 1835)

"[Review of Laughton Osborn's Confessions of a Poet]" (Southern Literary Messenger, April 1835)

"[Review of J. P. Kennedy's Horse-Shoe Robinson]" (Southern Literary Messenger, May 1835)

"[Notice of the 8th issue (April) of the Southern Literary Messenger]" (The Baltimore Republican and Commercial Advertiser, May 14, 1835)

"[Review of R. M. Bird's The Infidel]" (Southern Literary Messenger, June 1835)

"[Notice of the 9th issue (May) of the Southern Literary Messenger]" (The Baltimore Republican and Commercial Advertiser, June 13, 1835)

"[Notice of the 9th issue (May) of the Southern Literary Messenger]" (The Baltimore American, June 15, 1835)

"[Notice of the 10th issue (June) of the Southern Literary Messenger]" (The Baltimore Republican and Commercial Advertiser, July 10 1835)

In the house he lived in Philadelphia he wrote:

"Murders in the Rue Morgue"

"The Pit and the Pendulum"

"The Tell-Tale Heart"

"The Black Cat"

"The Gold-Bug"

"The Fall of the House of Usher"

"The Masque of the Red Death"

"The Purloined Letter"

"The Cask of Amontillado"

"A Descent into the Maelstrom"

"William Wilson"

"The Man of the Crowd"

"The Oval Portrait"

He also was likely to have begun work on "The Raven" here.

Edgar Allan Poe lived in 25 different houses throughout his lifetime. He also lived in 7 other places like schools, military forts and boarding houses.

Edgar Allan Poe's father and brother may have been alcoholics. Poe himself battled rumors of alcoholism for years, but it's not known for sure how much he really drank or whether he truly abused alcohol. Poe stated that he only drank occasionally and suffered for days afterward.

Yes, Edgar Allan Poe wrote various short stories and literary criticism in addition to his poetry. Some of his most famous works include "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Fall of the House of Usher," and "The Raven."

The narrator writes about a fictional kingdom along the ocean shore. It is an idyllic, beautiful, land of enchantment-a paradise on earth-where he and Annabel Lee fell in love as adolescents. One can imagine that they strolled the beaches, hand in hand, in gentle breezes while the sun went down and the tide rushed in. This kingdom, where love ruled their hearts, remains dear to the memory of the poet after Annabel Lee dies, for his soul remains united with hers.

The story you are referring to is "A Descent into the Maelström" by Edgar Allan Poe. It follows a man who survives being pulled into a massive whirlpool off the coast of Norway and describes his harrowing experience and the lessons he learns from it.

There have actually been three. The first, probably on October 8, 1849, the day after Poe died, was attended by only a handful of relatives and friends because it was unannounced, and it was only a day after Poe died. The second memorial service was on November 17, 1875 on the occasion of the change in his burial spot from near his grandfather to near a street entrance in the front of the cemetery grounds, and it was attended by the poet Walt Whitman among others. The third memorial service was held on October 10, 2009 in two locations, and it included readings of the writings of many of Poe's contemporaries about Poe by actors dressed for their parts.

Edgar Allan Poe enlisted as a soldier in the US. Army in 1827 in his native Boston, Massachusetts. Upon returning to his adopted hometown of Richmond,Virginia, he became editor of the Southern Literary Messenger. He was also reported to have been employed by "various magazines" in the 1830's. He died an early and mysterious death in 1849. Obviously ending his employment history.

• His father left the family when he was two years old
• His mother and father died before his third birthday
• His stories achieved more success posthumously
• All his writing did not raise him out of poverty
• His brother, foster mother, and wife all died of tuberculosis

Tuberculosis, or consumption, as they called it back then was eradicated by modern sewage systems, modern landfills, etc. Most other disease's of this era were eradicated by modern medicine over time. The down side to this is we as human being's seem to have forgotten the lesson's we have learned, and these diseases still to this day pop up in underdeveloped countries.

Edgar Allen Poe joined West Point on July 1, 1830. He was court martialed for gross neglect of duty, for refusing to attend formations, church and classes and was dismissed from West Point.
He got himself expelled by skipping class

Poe wrote a long defense of Bronte against one of her critics. He indicated she would be famous long after he was forgotten. So basically he supported her, and he kind of predicted the future :) your welcome

The mood of Poe's story the tell tale heart is nervous confusing tense and uncomfortable. The decision Poe made regarding the narrator that adds to his mood was that he lets the killer do the narration. His narrator is mentally ill and he creates a creepy mood.

Edgar Allan Poe often planned and outlined his stories or poems before writing them. He was known to meticulously craft the structure and themes of his work before putting pen to paper. Poe believed in the importance of having a clear vision before beginning the writing process.

Some of them have to do with things in his life. In "The Raven" the narrator speaks of his lost Lenore. Poe's wife died. They are little things in the story but most he can relate to. Although, he always leaves the narrator unnamed. The narrator is never described either.

Additional information:

People often get the mistaken impression that Lenore in The Raven is his wife, Virginia. This is not so because Poe wrote The Raven in 1845 and Virginia did not die until 1847. How could Poe write about a deceased wife when his wife wasn't yet deceased?

Edgar Allan Poe was adopted by a wealthy merchant, John Allan, and he initially paid Poe's tuition to Virginia University. However, Poe had developed a gambling problem, which resulted in him running up expenses over $2,000 at the end of his first semester. John Allan then refused to pay and Poe left school.

After John Allan's death in 1834, he did not receive anything as he was deceased. Any inheritance or assets he left behind would have passed on to his heirs or beneficiaries according to his will or applicable laws of inheritance.

In 1839, Edgar Allan Poe lived in Philadelphia with his aunt Maria Clemm and her daughter Virginia Clemm. He published his collection of short stories, "Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque," that year.

Other than serious mental and physiological depression, especially marked after the death of his wife, Virginia, and alcoholism, the only indications that Poe was mentally ill came from a highly suspect source. Rufus Griswold, a writer who hated Poe, somehow became his literary executor. The 'obituary' he wrote and the biography he later released used misconstruction, implication and outright lies to ruin Poe's posthumous reputation. It was many years before this became apparent, by which time it was firmly fixed in the public mind that Poe was insane.

Sarah Elmira Royster Alexander. Poe's first love was Sarah Elmira Royster to whom Poe was secretly engaged years before he married Virginia Clemm. Sarah's father would not approve of the marriage and began to intercept letters from Poe to her, making her think Poe had forgotten her. She then married Alexander B. Shelton, who died in 1844. After Poe's wife died in 1847, he went back to Sarah and asked her to marry him. At first she declined, but then in August 1849 she accepted. Unfortunately, Poe died on October 7, 1849 before the wedding could take place.

The quote "As a poet Poe was nothing but 'a jungle man' Who speaks these words" is attributed to Jack Kerouac. Kerouac's statement implies that Poe's work is primal and instinctual, tapping into raw emotions and darker themes that are characteristic of a "jungle-like" environment.

The characters in Edgar Allan Poe's story "The Fall of the House of Usher" are Roderick Usher, Madeline Usher, and the narrator who remains unnamed. Roderick Usher is described as the distressed and ailing owner of the titular house, his sister Madeline suffers from a mysterious illness, and the narrator serves as a friend who visits the Usher family.

Yeah! You bet he was smart! I mean apart from the cleverly written horror, mystery, humor, (yes, i know humor, read "The Spectacles" it is hilarious) and satire, he was one of the best in his class. And surprisingly made records in athletics!

He was actually a genius.

Maria Poe Clemm was the sister of David Poe, Jr. (Edgar's father) and the mother of Virginia Eliza Clemm, also known as Edgar Allan Poe's cousin. Maria Clemm was the aunt of Edgar Allan Poe (so yeah, Poe married his cousin... and she was 13 when they wed).

Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Since his parents were actors, they traveled alot. After Poe's parents died just before his third birthday, he was taken in by the Allan family and lived with them in Richmond, Virginia. From the ages of 6 thru 11, Poe lived with the Allan's in England then the family moved back to Richmond. Poe left for the University of Virginia at the age of 17. He also lived in South Carolina, New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore where he, his cousin/wife and her aunt are buried in Westminster.