Edgar Allan Poe Influences
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe was an American author, poet, editor, and literary critic. He started off writing poems and then books. He experienced so many tragedies in his life that his writings got darker. His writing was influenced by the loss of so many loved ones, his unstable love life and his alcohol abuse. His horror stories are some of the scariest stories ever written.
Edgar Poe was born on January 19, 1809 in Boston Massachusetts. His father abandoned the family and his mother died of tuberculosis. He always thought about how much better his home life would have been if he had never had to live with a foster family. Edgar was taken in by John Allan and Frances Keeling Valentine Allan, and moved to Richmond. He wasn’t officially adopted but added the name Allan to his name. His foster father, John Allan was often under the …show more content…
She would try to protect him from her abusive husband as much as she can. She taught him many school subjects like history, reading and writing. He enjoyed these lessons. Edgar’s close relationship with his foster mother made her death extremely difficult for him to handle.
Edgar failed as an officer 's cadet and left West Point and went to live with his Aunt Maria Clemm. This is when he started writing short stories. While here he found out his brother, William Henry Leonard Poe, died of tuberculosis at a very young age, just like his biological mother. Even though they had never had a close relationship this news hit Edgar very hard. He grieved for his brother for a long time. He then wrote two works: Ligeia and The Fall of the House of Usher. Then he published The Raven, a never-ending remembrances of the three deaths he had dealt with.
Regardless of the relationship Edgar had with his foster father his death affected Edgar and this is when he started adding opium to his alcohol. He wrote more about sudden death and had some drunken
Edgar Allan Poe was an American author, poet, editor, and literary critic. He started off writing poems and then books. He experienced so many tragedies in his life that his writings got darker. His writing was influenced by the loss of so many loved ones, his unstable love life and his alcohol abuse. His horror stories are some of the scariest stories ever written.
Edgar Poe was born on January 19, 1809 in Boston Massachusetts. His father abandoned the family and his mother died of tuberculosis. He always thought about how much better his home life would have been if he had never had to live with a foster family. Edgar was taken in by John Allan and Frances Keeling Valentine Allan, and moved to Richmond. He wasn’t officially adopted but added the name Allan to his name. His foster father, John Allan was often under the …show more content…
She would try to protect him from her abusive husband as much as she can. She taught him many school subjects like history, reading and writing. He enjoyed these lessons. Edgar’s close relationship with his foster mother made her death extremely difficult for him to handle.
Edgar failed as an officer 's cadet and left West Point and went to live with his Aunt Maria Clemm. This is when he started writing short stories. While here he found out his brother, William Henry Leonard Poe, died of tuberculosis at a very young age, just like his biological mother. Even though they had never had a close relationship this news hit Edgar very hard. He grieved for his brother for a long time. He then wrote two works: Ligeia and The Fall of the House of Usher. Then he published The Raven, a never-ending remembrances of the three deaths he had dealt with.
Regardless of the relationship Edgar had with his foster father his death affected Edgar and this is when he started adding opium to his alcohol. He wrote more about sudden death and had some drunken