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             The Works of Edgar Allan Poe
            
             Though Edgar Allan Poe's life he faced many heart breaking ordeals. Due to this, Poe became physically and mentally ill. Many people think that Poe's writing was a way of expressing his anger over his illness.
            
             Poe lost his mother and father when he was only three years old. In the year 1836 Poe married his cousin Virginia Clemm who was 14. After only a short couple of years, Virginia died. That was considered the time when Poe started to write his unforgettable story "The Raven." It was said that Poe's marriage to Virginia was an attempt to find the stable family he lacked. Losing his parents and his wife made Edgar more insane. (Welsh 163)
            
             Students of Poe's works who have learned to recognize his method of thought, know how frequently he disclosed his mental history (Ingram 225)
            
             In the Poems Annabell Lee and Lenore, Poe expressed the love for a dead woman. It was said after the story was written that the woman was his young wife Virginia. Poe used the expression of losing her by an unexpected death. Just the way Virginia died (Griswold 210)
            
            
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             In addition, to his achievement as a creator of the modern horror tale, Poe is also credited with two other ways of writing. Science fiction and detective mystery. Poe's first detective story was The Murders in the Rue Morgue." Even though Poe used other styles, he mainly focused on horror stories. Poe is known for being one of the first authors to use him self as the killer in his stories.. "The Black Cat" was one of Poe's works that used Narration. "It is so mystifying that the narritor seems for once reasonable when declaring that he can "Neither expect nor belief in it (Garagonao 234)
            
             Even though Poe is an author that is known for his great works, some people didn't have the same opinion. Such as Yvor Winters who wished to remove Poe from literary history. She clamed "Poe to be exceptionally bad." (W...