Edgar Allan PoeBY: Mike McKeeCreative writing

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Edgar background info

• Born January 19th 1809. • Son of David and Elizabeth Arnold Poe.

• Father died in 1810.

• Mother died December of 1811.

• Foster son of John Allen.

In 1820 he attended the University of Virginia for only one year.

studied Latin and poetry.

Hobbies included Swimming and acting.

Edgar goes to school

Enters army

Enlisted into the army as Edgar A. Perry.

At the age of eighteen, stating on the application that he was twenty-two.

Applied to West Point military academy

He soon fell into debt again at West Point.

Neglected the Military duties.

Was discharged from the academy.

In 1835 he returned to Richmond to work as an editor on the Southern Literary Messenger.

he married his thirteen-year old cousin Virginia

Started his own magazine: The Penn Magazine, later renamed The Stylus.

Mid-life Accomplishments

In 1843 he was invited to give a lecture in Washington D. C. to promote his magazine.

Edgar appeared at the White House, drunk and ruined the greatest opportunity to support his magazine.

Ruined image

• His wife Virginia died in January 1847, age 25.

• Departed for a business trip in New York City, 1849 to benefit his Magazine.

• Found drunk and confused on his way their and was taken to the hospital.

• Poe died while in the hospital on October 7th 1849 with his last words, “Lord help my poor soul”

Edgars ending

Edgars works • A Descent Into the Maelstrum

A PredicamentA Tale Of JerusalemA Tale Of The Ragged MountainsBereniceBon-BonDiddling Considered As One Of The Exact Sciences.Doubtful PoemsEleonoraFour Beasts In One: The Homo-CameleopardHop-FrogHow To Write A Blackwood ArticleKing Pest A Tale Containing an Allegory.Landor`s Cottage A Pendant toLigeiaLionizingLoss of BreathMaelzel`s Chess-PlayerMesmeric RevelationMetzengersteinMorellaMs. Found in a BottleMystificationNarrative of A. Gordon Pym

Edgars works • Never Bet the Devil Your Head A Tale With a Moral.

Old English PoetryOn Board Balloon "Skylark"Philosophy of FurniturePoems Of Edgar Allan PoePoems Of Later LifePoems of ManhoodPoems of YouthPoetic Principle, TheScenes from "Politan" AN UNPUBLISHED DRAMA.Shadow -A ParableSilence -A FableSome Words With A Mummy.The Angel Of The Odd An Extravaganza.The AssignationThe Balloon- HoaxThe BellsThe Black CatThe Business Man

Edgars works•

The Cask of AmontilladoThe Colloquy of Monos and UnaThe Conversation or Eiros and CharmionThe Devil in the BelfryThe Domain of ArnheimThe Duc De L`OmeletteThe Facts In The Case Of M. ValdemarThe Fall of the House of UsherThe Gold-BugThe Imp of the PerverseThe Island of the FayThe Landscape GardenThe Man of the CrowdThe Masque of the Red DeathThe Murders In The Rue MorgueThe Mystery of Maria Roget A Sequel to “The Murders in the Rue Morgue”The Oblong BoxThe Oval PortraitThe Pit and the PendulumThe Poetic Principle

Edgars works• The Premature Burial

The Purloined LetterThe RavenThe SpectaclesThe SphinxThe System of Doctor Tarr and Professor FetherThe Tell-Tale HeartThe Thousand-and-Second Tale of ScheherazadeThe Unparalleled Adventures of One Hans PfaalThou Art the ManThree Sundays in a WeekTo HelenUlalumeVon Kempelen and His DiscoveryWhy the Little Frenchman Wears His Hand in a SlingWilliam WilsonX-Ing a Paragrab