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Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe. „ All religion, my friend , is simply evolved out of fraud , fear , greed , imagination and poetry .“. Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore,

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Edgar Allan Poe

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  1. Edgar Allan Poe „All religion, my friend, issimplyevolvedoutoffraud, fear, greed, imaginationandpoetry.“

  2. Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore, “Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou,” I said, “art sure no craven, Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly shore— Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night’s Plutonian shore!” Quoth the Raven, “Nevermore.”

  3. WhowasPoe? • Poet • Inventorofdetectiveand horror stories

  4. Childhood • Boston, 1809 • Fatherleftfamily • Motherdies • Wassent to fosters in Virginia (Allans)

  5. Poeservingthe country • Afterunsuccesfull university life • Gettinghigh rank • Fostersendshimagain to study US Militaryacademy • Poeanduniversitiesdoesn´t do welltogether

  6. Usinganimagination • Afterkickingoutof USM academy • Settedoff to Baltimore • Impossible to earnenough money at these times • Altoughpeopleloved his stories, he couldn´t live on withlittle money • 1835 gettingjob as an editor • Firedbecauseof his drinking

  7. 13 andbride • He falled in love withprettygirl • Shewas 13 yearsold • TheshockforPoe´s 19. centurywasn´t her age, butthefact, thatshewas his cousin… howhypocritical • Marriagewas happy, harmoniclife

  8. A curseofPoe • Tuberculosis • Due to thisillness his motherdiedand in 1847 dies his lovingwife, Virginia • TheendofPoe´s satisfiedlife • Comeback to drinking

  9. A stylishdeath • Poedied in 1849, on 3rd.of October • Mysteryis, that he wasfoundlying on thestreet in foreignclotheswithoutanymarksofshoot, bloodorpoisoning • WhowasReynolds??

  10. Writtings • TheRaven • AnnabelLee • TheBlackCatandOtherStories • MessageFound in a Bottle • TheDevil in Belfry • TheLighthouse • Pit andthePendulum • The Tell-TaleHeart

  11. „Science hasn´ t yettaughtusifmadnessisorisn´t thesublimityoftheintelligence.“ Thanksforwatching!

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