Edgar Allan Poe
January 19, 1809 - October 7, 1849 (age 40)
Background
Early Life
Writing Career
In the beginning of his career he had submitted a few stories into a Philadelphia publication and began working on a drama, Politian. Poe later was awarded for a short story he submitted, MS Found in a Bottle. The prize helped introduce him to a man named Thomas W. White, an editor of a publication in Richmond Virginia. Poe became assistant editor of the publication, but was fired after being caught drunk at work by his supervisor.
Poe, after being fired, returned to Baltimore and secretly married his 13 year old cousin, Virginia. Poe was 26 at the time of marriage.
Later in his life Poe released one of his most well known works, "The Raven" was published in a paper called the "Evening Mirror". The Raven made Poe well known immediately, but he only made $9 from it.
Death
Theme of Writing
Work cited
"Edgar Allan Poe Museum : Poe's Life, Legacy, and Works : Richmond, Virginia."Edgar Allan Poe Museum : Poe's Life, Legacy, and Works : Richmond, Virginia. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Nov. 2013.
Work
Tales
- "The Black Cat"
- "The Cask of Amontillado"
- "A Descent into the Maelström"
- "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar"
- "The Fall of the House of Usher"
- "The Gold-Bug"
- "Hop-Frog"
- "The Imp of the Perverse"
- "Ligeia"
- "The Masque of the Red Death"
- "Morella"
- "The Murders in the Rue Morgue"
- "The Oval Portrait"
- "The Pit and the Pendulum"
- "The Premature Burial"
- "The Purloined Letter"
- "The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether"
- "The Tell-Tale Heart"
Poetry
- "Al Aaraaf"
- "Annabel Lee"
- "The Bells"
- "The City in the Sea"
- "The Conqueror Worm"
- "A Dream Within a Dream"
- "Eldorado"
- "Eulalie"
- "The Haunted Palace"
- "To Helen"
- "Lenore"
- "Tamerlane"
- "The Raven"
- "Ulalume"