Edgar Poe
Edgar Allan Poe is a famous writer who changed the style of writing for ever. All of hisworks reflected his life and showed the type of person in which he really was. Through hisworks, it is thought to reveal hidden aspects of his life. Poe suffered a troubled andabusive upbringing through which he triumphed by becoming one of the greatest writers Edgar Allan Poe is a name everyone knows. Not many people know about Poe asa person or how his life affected his works. When reading his works of poetry and shortstories many people think that he had a very vivid imagination. The truth is, Poe based hisworks on his own life. From birth to death Poe suffered with Obsessive Compulsivedisorder. Eventually he became an alcoholic. He had severe medical problems that oftencaused strange behavior and depression. These problems contributed to many of theimages reflected in his works. Poe is known for his tales of the grotesque and fantasy. "The theory is ingeniously represented in the case of an imaginary character, andsupported by a skillful use, or abuse, of certain facts of consciousness, revealed in morbid Poe was born into poverty and was put up for adoption at
Onefamous short story was "The Black Cat. He died without gainingconsciousness four days later on October 7. "Allan gavePoe only a small allowance, and the young man soon began owing money" (Landis). When Poe was seven-teen he enrolled in the University of Virginia. "John Allan became one of the richest men in Virginia. After a while John Allan came to dislike Poe. The new jobhelped Poe with his popularity greatly and made him known as an author of all types. Around this time Poe married his cousin Virginia who was thirteen years old. Later Poe took Allan as his middle name, but his signature was usually signed EdgarA. "(Landis)The short story, "The Black Cat' was written soon before the time of his disappearance. Poe was always interested indoing his own thing such as writing.
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