Edgar Allan Poe's Legacy
What influenced Edgar to write in the style he did?
The Birth of a Literary Genius
Edgar's Childhood and Family
Education
After Edgar managed to get kicked out of the University of Virginia, he attended West-point. Really? One of the world's most acclaimed writers of all time was in the military? Yes, yes he was. In fact, he was even a very respected and well thought of soldier. Something about the military intrigued Edgar. That, and the fact that West-point was basically his last resort. I mean, how poetic is it to be a soldier AND a writer? Love and war y'all, love and war. Edgar actually dropped out of West-point to pursue his writing career and make it his primary focus.
“The death of a beautiful woman is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world.”- Edgar Allan Poe
Important Life Events
Accomplishements
major advances in literature. Edgar was the 1st author to introduce detective fiction with his novel "The Murders in Rue Morgue". He also published "The Philosophy of Composition" a work that explains not only his own method of writing but several techniques and styles. Edgar's "The Raven'',published in 1845, made him the famous author he is today.
“Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.” - Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar's Mysterious Death
Annabel Lee
Annabel Lee
It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of Annabel Lee;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.
I was a child and she was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea,
But we loved with a love that was more than love—
I and my Annabel Lee—
With a love that the wingèd seraphs of Heaven
Coveted her and me.
And this was the reason that, long ago,
In this kingdom by the sea,
A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling
My beautiful Annabel Lee;
So that her highborn kinsmen came
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in a sepulchre
In this kingdom by the sea.
The angels, not half so happy in Heaven,
Went envying her and me—
Yes!—that was the reason (as all men know,
In this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of the cloud by night,
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.
But our love it was stronger by far than the love
Of those who were older than we—
Of many far wiser than we—
And neither the angels in Heaven above
Nor the demons down under the sea
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling—my darling—my life and my bride,
In her sepulchre there by the sea—
In her tomb by the sounding sea.