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Edgar Allan Poe was born in 1809
and died in 1849. |
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Poe was an American writer. He
created poetry, short stories, and literary criticisms. |
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Poe was expelled from West Point Military Academy in New York
after purposefully neglecting his duties. |
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The poem "The Raven," published
in 1845, made Poe famous. The poem entertains his favorite theme--the death of a beautiful
woman. |
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Death literature was common during Poe's
day. This was due to the high mortality rate of the time.
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849). Ed. William Goldhurst.
Georgetown U. 14 Dec. 1999.
<http://www.georgetown.edu/bassr/heath/syllabuild/iguide/poe.html/>. |
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Poe is considered father of the
modern detective story because of his short story "Murders in the Rue Morgue"
published in 1841. |
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Poe once said that the death of a beautiful
woman is the most poetical topic in the world. Many of his works have spotlighted
this theme. |
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Poe's work is shadowed by the deaths of
three women he loved: his mother, a mother-figure, and his foster mother.
Later in his life, his wife--Virginia Clemm, died of tuberculosis after 5 years of
suffering.
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849): Lecture Notes. Donna
M. Campbell. Oct. 1999. Gonzaga U. 14 Dec. 1999.
<http://www.gonzaga.edu/faculty/campbell/enl311/1-16-98.html/>. |
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Right before
his death, Poe was found outside a tavern in a semiconscious, delirious state. When he died,
his cause of death was listed as "congestion of the brain." |
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Recent
research into Poe's mysterious death has proposed that he died of rabies. |
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