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Edgar Allan Poe
Poe was known by the older generation that he was from. They know him as a critic and an editor, plus his poems only attracted a small audience. Two generations later, he became hailed by the symbolist movement as the prophet of the modern world.
His Life
On January 19, 1809, Edgar Allen Poe was born into a family of actors. By the age of 3, his mother died due to consumption and his father through desertion. Poe's family was very wealthy, but were to soon to be even more wealthy as the years went on. His parents put him in private academic, and also took Poe to England for a 5 year stay. In 1826, Poe went to the University of Virginia. Poe turned to gambling because of not enough money. In 8 months, Poe lost over $2,000 to gambling. The Allan's refused to help him financially, so he moved out of the house and started a life on his own in March 1827. Some how he made it to Boston and enlisted for 5 years in the Army.
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In 1836, Poe was married to his wife named Virgina when she was only 13 years old. Poe lost his job due to excessive drinking. He worked at Southern Literary Messenger. His work was seldom rejected, and he said "I was never far from panic". He started to panic in 1837 and moved Virgina, her mother, and him self to New York. In New York, he published The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, then moved to Philadelphia.
Poe had one good hit that brought him out of the hole. The poem was called "The Raven" and other poems and tales. He had it published and it was a great success. Not long after his success, his wife died on January 30, 1847. After her death, Poe began to deteriorate, but yet, he still wrote brilliant pieces of literature. In 1849, he returned to Richmond, his hometown, and married a widow by the name of Mrs. Sgelton. As he was coming back with Clemm (daughter), he stopped off at Baltimore and nobody knows what happened to him. He was found on October the 3 near a saloon that had been used as a polling place. He died in the hospital 4 days later.
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Updates on what we did to the site.
5/26/04- Today,we read some of "Annabel Lee" and put it into sound so you can hear it.
5/25/04- Put pictures on the web under "Project?", so check us out. Plus we are adding to the biography of Poe.
5/24/04- We are starting to add things about his life and when he started to write poems
5/22/04- Research the biography of Edgar Allan Poe.
5/16/04- Adam and I put to poems in by Poe. One was "The Raven" and the other was "Annabel Lee"
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