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Edgar Allan Poe, 1809 - 1849

 

Edgar Allan Poe 1809-1849

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Edgar Allan Poe, photograph taken in 1848

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Edgar Allan Poe was a brilliant writer and editor, and a man who could appreciate a good glass of sherry. He was born in Boston and buried in Baltimore.

Poe wrote poetry and fiction. In fact, he became the father of detective stories.

 

The Writings of Edgar Allan Poe

1827 Tamerlane
1829 Al Aaraaf
1831 The City and the Sea
1831 Poems by Edgar Allan Poe
1831 Israfel
1831 To Helen
1833
Four Beasts in One (Epimanes)
1837 Politan
1838 Ligeia
1838 The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym
1839 The Journal of Julius Rodman
1839 The Fall of the House of Usher
1839 Haunted Palace
1840 The Conqueror Worm
1840 The Assignation
1840 Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque
1840 Berenice
1840
The Unparalleled Adventures of One Hans Pfaal
1840 Man of the Crowd
1841
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
1841 The Masque of the Red Death
1841 A Descent into the Maelstrom
1842 The Mystery of Marie Roget
1843
The Gold Bug
1844 The Balloon Hoax
1845 The Imp of Perverse
1845 The Black Cat
1845 Tales
1845 Eleonora
1845 The Pit and the Pendulum
1845 The Premature Burial
1845 The Purloined Letter
1845 The Raven
1845 The Tell-Tale Heart
1846 The Literati of New York City
1846 The Philosophy of Composition
1846 The Cask of Amontillado
1847 The Domain of Arnheim
1847 Ulalume
1848 Eureka
1849 Annabel Lee

 

The Family of Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe's father was David Poe Jr. His mother was Elizabeth Arnold Poe. Both, father and mother, were actors.

In 1835, Edgar Allan Poe married Virginia Clemm. Virginia was his cousin and died in 1847.

In 1849, Edgar Allan Poe got engaged to Elmira Royster.
 

Edgar Allan Poe House & Grave - MAP

EDGAR ALLAN POE HOUSE & GRAVE - MAP



 

Edgar Allan Poe Short Biography

1815 - 1820 Scotland and England

1826 University of Virginia

Joins army

West Point

1835 Editor of the Southern Literary Messenger, Richmond

1839 coeditor of Burton's Gentleman's Magazine in Philadelphia.

1844 subeditor of the New York Mirror

1845 editor of the Broadway Journal

1848 went to Providence, Rhode Island

1849 Death in Baltimore
 

 

Check out the Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site, Pennsylvania.

 

 

 

 

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