Poe began to sell short stories to magazines, and, in 1835, he became the editor of the Southern Literary Messenger in Richmond. He married his cousin Virginia in 1836. Over the course of the next 10 years Poe edited a number of different literary journals. During this time he established himself as a poet, a short-story writer, and an editor. He published some of his more known stories and poems including "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," and "The Raven." After Virginia's death from tuberculosis in 1847, Poe began to struggle with depression and alcoholism. On October 2, 1849, he was found semi-conscious and died four days later of acute congestion of the brain. His case was later reopened and shown that he could have suffered from rabies. Today, Poe is remembered as one of the first American writers to become a major figure in world literature.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
from the beginning..
Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts in January of 1809. Poe was only with his parents for a couple short years before they both passed and he was a foster child. As a child Poe's foster father sent him to the best boarding school and later proceeded to go to the University of Virginia. In 1827 Poe moved to Boston and enlisted into the US Army. His first set of poems were published that year. In 1829, he published his second set, Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems. None of which gained public attention.
Poe began to sell short stories to magazines, and, in 1835, he became the editor of the Southern Literary Messenger in Richmond. He married his cousin Virginia in 1836. Over the course of the next 10 years Poe edited a number of different literary journals. During this time he established himself as a poet, a short-story writer, and an editor. He published some of his more known stories and poems including "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," and "The Raven." After Virginia's death from tuberculosis in 1847, Poe began to struggle with depression and alcoholism. On October 2, 1849, he was found semi-conscious and died four days later of acute congestion of the brain. His case was later reopened and shown that he could have suffered from rabies. Today, Poe is remembered as one of the first American writers to become a major figure in world literature.
Poe began to sell short stories to magazines, and, in 1835, he became the editor of the Southern Literary Messenger in Richmond. He married his cousin Virginia in 1836. Over the course of the next 10 years Poe edited a number of different literary journals. During this time he established himself as a poet, a short-story writer, and an editor. He published some of his more known stories and poems including "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," and "The Raven." After Virginia's death from tuberculosis in 1847, Poe began to struggle with depression and alcoholism. On October 2, 1849, he was found semi-conscious and died four days later of acute congestion of the brain. His case was later reopened and shown that he could have suffered from rabies. Today, Poe is remembered as one of the first American writers to become a major figure in world literature.
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