Edgar Allan Poe Research Paper

Edgar Allan Poe, a writer, a poet, a critic, he sounds like any other Amarican writer. However, Edgar grew up to be more than an ordinary writer. His truamitizing childhood and hardships in life contributing to so much of his written work. But even his written work, the stories and tales that captivates people even to this day, could never save Poe’s from his hard life within poverty and sickness.

Edgar Allan Poe was born January 19, 1809 by his mother and father who were, at the time, traveling actors. About five weeks after he was born, he was left with his parental grand-parents (Meltzer17). However, only a few years later his mother passes away from tuberculosis leaving Edgar and his sister all alone (Meltzer17). Edgar’s sister, Rosaline,

Army when he was 18 (Ljungquist 1). During his time in the army, he published two different books, Tamerlane and Other Poems, published in 1827, and Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems, published in 1829 (Ljungquist 1). Poe, in 1831, was then expelled from the U.S. Army for neglecting his duties (Ljungquist 1). In 1836, Poe married Virginia Clemm, his 13 year old cousin (Ljungquist 1). Later on in that year, he left Richmond to attend the University of Verginia (Meltzer 69). During his years in the university he became a bad alcoholic (Meltzer 68). He also aquired a bad gambling debts that his adopted father, John Allan, refused the pay off for him (Ljungquist 1). Poe dropped out of the university not long after. June 1839, Poe convinces Burton to let him work for Burton’s Gentleman’s Magazine as an assistant editor (Meltzer

It was the story that brought Poe to fame and still remains his most reconised piece of work written (Meltzer 108). It is thought that the sickness of his wife, Virginia, and the dead of his mother contributed to the making of the story (Meltzer 108). Realizing how famous his story had become is a matter of weeks, Poe went on tour. He read his story out loud for fans and incressed the fame of the story and his self (Meltzer 108). In October of the same year, Poe wrote the story “The Cask of Amotillado”. It is believed that this story showed Poe’s inabillity to forget the past along with the grudges it contained (Meltzer