ined later in his "William Wilson""(Harrison 19)
             On July 21, 1820, the Allan's returned to America and arrived in New York. Edgar continued his education at Joseph H. Clarke. He then studied with Clarke's successor William Burke. When he returned to Richmond, he stated his name as Edgar Poe rather than Edgar Allan, to emphasize that he was not formally adopted by the Allan family.
             Edgar, for most of his life was in search for a maternal figure. He was very fond of Fanny Allan but her frequent sickness made her less than the ideal mother. At the age of fourteen he became infatuated with Mrs. Jane Stanard, the mother of one of his high school classmates. Mrs. Stanard somewhat resembled both Fanny Allan and Eliza Poe. He came to her when he felt unhappy at home. Edgar had only known her for about a year when she died at the age of 31. Edgar suffered from her death because of this and his behavior changed. This lead to conflicts at home with John Allan. John Allan took his bad mood as a sign of thanklessness for all that he had done for Edgar.
             The education of Poe continued at the University of Virginia in 1826. During his university year, Edgar was described as moody and gloomy. This might be due to his first known romantic attachment with a girl named Elmira Royster, whom he met in Richmond before he left for the university. Edgar wrote
             to her frequently, but because her father opposed to the match due to their age, he intercepted the letters. Because of this Edgar did not receive any replies to them.
             "Elmira was his first love and perhaps, indeed, quite literally his last; again and again he told her that she, and no other was his Lost Lenore."(Lloyd 36)
             At the University is where Poe would develop his drinking and gambling habits. Poe was running a split life. He had a reputation, "he was known as the wildest and most reckless student of his class; but his unusual...