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Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe's life was marked by tragedy from the very start. Orphaned by three, he was raised by John and Frances Allan, never fully accepted or adopted. Struggling with feelings of inadequacy and disapproval, he faced heartbreak in love and financial hardships. After a whirlwind of literary success, Poe married his young cousin Virginia, who died of tuberculosis, plunging him into despair. His later years were marred by alcoholism and mysterious circumstances surrounding his untimely death. Explore the profound influences and themes that shaped his enduring legacy.

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Edgar Allan Poe

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  1. Edgar Allan Poe 1809-1849

  2. His Life • “The want of parental affection,” wrote Poe, “has been the heaviest of my trials. • Father was a drunk • He abandoned his mother who died son after, leaving Edgar an orphan before the age of three. • He was taken in by John and Frances Allan. • John provided generously for Edgar’s education but did not formally adopt him.

  3. Edgar grew up longing for a natural father • John Allan disapproved of Edgar’s idleness, indifference to business life and literary aspirations • This probably contributed to Edgar’s moodiness • He attended the University of Virginia • He became engaged to a girl named Elmira Royster • Her family put an end to the romance; Edgar was not to inherit John Allan’s fortune

  4. After being withdrawn for school by John because of gambling debt, and eventually dismissing himself from West Point, he moved in with his aunt, Maria Poe Clemm. • In 1835, he married her thirteen- year- old daughter, Virginia. • Virginia died in 1847 of tuberculosis. • Poe died soon after, in 1849, from a brain lesion and apparently too much to drink

  5. His Tragic Life • His mother is widowed at 18—Poe is fatherless • Two years after Poe’s birth, his mother dies • He is taken in by the Allens, but never adopted • At college Poe’s step-father financially abandons him • Mrs. Allen dies; Mr. Allen remarries • Makes a meager living writing profound literary criticism; meets Rufus Griswold • Marries Virginia Clemm—who dies young • Courts older women • Dies under strange circumstances

  6. European Romanticism • Individualism & Nonconformity • Nature-Worship • Primitivism • Interest in the Supernatural or Vanished Cultures

  7. Stress on Feeling and Erotica • Interest in the past or medieval times • Stress on Mysticism & Symbolism • An Apocalyptic Expectation • Emphasis on Imagination

  8. Themes Specific to Poe • The Supernatural Heightened to the Grotesque • The Artist As a Superior Being • Vampirism • Doppelganger • Self-Destruction • Search for Identity

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