Edger Poe Research Paper

By the age of thirteen, Poe wrote enough poetry to publish a book, but his headmaster advised him against it (Life). In 1826 Poe left Richmond to attend the University of Virginia, where he excelled in his classes while accumulating considerable debt. He took to gambling to pay off his debts, but was unsuccessful at doing so. After being humiliated at collage Poe returned to Richmond and visited the home of his fiancee Elmira Royster, only to discover that she had become engaged to another man in Poe’s absence (Life). He then published his first book Tamerlane when he was only eighteen.

Two years later he found out Frances was dying of tuberculosis. She was the only mother Poe had ever known, so Poe returned to Richmond when he had heard her request to see him before she passed. By the time he made it back Frances had already been buried. During his time home Poe and Allen worked on their relationship, and Allen was able to help Poe get an appointment to the United Stated Military Academy at West Point. Before leaving for West Point Poe published another book of poetry.

Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe was born near London on the 19th of January 1809. His mother was an actor and his father was a doctor. When Poe was 2 years old his father disappeared. His mother, who was seriously ill in tuberculosis, took Poe and his sister to Richmond, Virginia. Poe's mother died soon after this.

Considering the poem the raven was published in January of 1845 and his wife died in 1847 so the poem couldn’t be talking about her death and how he feels. But it could be talking about how he felt when she diagnosed with tuberculosis in January of 1842. So when the raven was published she was more than likely very sick and he knew she going to die. Poe probably couldn’t take watching her sickening and ro... ... middle of paper ... ... ^ Silverman, Kenneth. Edgar A. Poe: Mournful and Never-ending Remembrance.

Poe attended the University of Virginia in 1926. However, his gambling debts caused him to dropout within two semesters. After leaving the university, Poe joined the Southern Literary Messenger. This helped him get a start with writing short stories and poems, and became a renowned literary critic but because of his aggressive reviews and alcoholism, he was removed from the Southern Literary Messenger. In 1836, Poe married his thirteen year-old cousin, Virginia Clemm.

As a young child, he was sent to England to learn Latin and French, along with math and history. He had written enough poetry, secretly, to publish a book, but his foster father advised against it. When he returned to America, he continued his studies at the University of Virginia, but his relationship with his foster father was withering. John Allen had never legally accepted him as his own, nor helped him out in his debt from schooling. Struggling to make ends meet, Edgar began drinking, took up gambling, and eventually quit... ... middle of paper ... ...t he is depressed.

As per his foster mother's deathwish, Poe reconciled with his foster father, who coordinated an appointment for him to the United States Military Academy at West Point. His time at West Point was ill-fated, however, as Poe supposedly deliberately disobeyed orders and was dismissed. After that, his foster father repudiated him until his death in March 27, 1834. Poe next moved to Baltimore, Maryland with his widowed aunt, Maria Clemm, and her daughter, Virginia. Poe used fiction writing as a means of supporting himself, and with in December 1835, Poe began editing the Southern Literary Messenger for Thomas W. White in Richmond.

Edgar Poe was born on January 19, 1809 to parents David Poe Jr. and Eliza Poe in Boston Massachusetts. He was the second of three children, his brother William was a poet but died at an early age and his sister Rosalie taught penmanship at a Richmond girl’s school. Before the age of three both of Edgars parents died and the siblings were all sent of to live with different adopted families. John Allan and Frances Valentine Allan adopted Poe. They lived in Richmond Virginia where John was a prosperous tobacco merchant.

After Poe lost his mother and wife to the same disease his only resolution was drinking and writing in dark and gloomy detail. Edgar Allan Poe died in Baltimore of a mysterious death. He was found in torn clothing lying in the rain. He never gained consciousness, and was found in someone else’s clothing. Through his struggling childhood of losing his parents, not feeling completely loved by John Allan for not adopting him, and losing both his wife and mother Poe’s life influenced his gothic writing style which lead to his large fame in American literature today.

Poe then enrolled into the University of Virginia, but soon enlisted into the army after not getting financial support from Allan. In two years, Poe became a sergeant major. Then Poe enrolled in West Point. Before recruiting, Poe had published a volume of poetry, Tamerlane and Other Poems. After his army time and while a student at West Point, he published a second volume: Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems, whi... ... middle of paper ... ... surrounded his potentially adulterous relations with Frances Sargent Osgood, Virginia's health was decreasing due to tuberculosis, leading Poe to seek refuge in increased drinking.