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  • Complete Works Of Edgar Allan Poe
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    Edgar Allan Poe's unique, fearless and morbid writing style has influenced literature throughout the world. He was once titled the 'master of the macabre' (Buranelli, 57). One of the aspects in his life with which he struggled was social isolation. He used this as a topic in a number of poems and short stories. Poe's life was also filled with periods of fear and irrationality. He had a very sensitive side when it came to the female gender, any woman he was ever close to died at an early age. Ano...
  • Edgar Allan Poe
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    Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, grew up in Richmond, Virginia, and lived in six Eastern cities. His father was David Poe, a Baltimore actor. His actress mother, Elizabeth came to the United States as a kid. The parents were not that talented; they played small roles in rather third-rate theatrical companies. Because they both had small parts they barely managed to make a living. Edgar was the second of their three children. When the third child was born, the father died, or disappeared, and ...
  • Literary Genius Edgar Allan Poes Life
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    Madman or Literary Genius Edgar Allan Poes life is almost as strange as his writings. Poe is, perhaps, best known for his bizarre tales of terror, death, decay and madness. "To a world fascinated by the bizarre and the macabre, Poe has often seemed an embodiment of the satanic characters of his own fiction, the archetype of the neurotic genius". (Mc Micheal 727). He was equally as talented at poetry, detective stories, and as a literary critic. Many controversies surrounded Poe in death as well ...
  • Most Popular Topics For Edgar Allan Poe
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    The Autobiographical Elements in the Works of Edgar Allan Poe 'There is no exquisite beauty without some strangeness in the proportions' (Biography on Poe 8). Edgar Alan Poe endured a very difficult life and this is evident in his literary style. He was once titled the 'master of the macabre. ' One of the aspects in his life with which he struggled was social isolation. He used this as a topic in a number of poems and short stories. Poe's life was also filled with periods of fear and irrationali...
  • Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe
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    Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe was born near London on the 19th of January 1809. His mother was an actor and his father was a doctor. When Poe was 2 years old his father disappeared. His mother, who was seriously ill in tuberculosis, took Poe and his sister to Richmond, Virginia. Poe's mother died soon after this. The two siblings became then separated and Poe was taken care of by the wealthy family of the Allans. Due to Mr. Allans work the family had to move to England, where they spent five y...
  • Ye Mighty And Despair Is Poe Israfel
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    Israfel " Israfel' is a mesmerizing poem, the beginning of which was first set down by Poe during his days at West Point College. (Allen 233) The poem itself is a direct contrast to Poe's usual poetry, which usually deal with death and dark thoughts or other melancholy, Gothic ideas. Poe's idea of the death of beautiful woman being the most poetical of all topics is here, nowhere to be found. This proves that Poe, when so inclined, could indeed write about something other than opium induced nigh...
  • Edgar Allan Poe
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    Edgar Allan Poe was a literary genius of his time. His works may seem eccentric but beneath the words and stories lies a solemn, alone boy whose only way of comfort and relief was through his pen. Of the critical reviews I have studied pertaining to Poe, never has such a varied difference of opinions been presented or suggested towards a writer. It is thought that his life had a major influence on his writing and by reading many of his pieces I agree with that statement. Edgar Poe was born in Bo...
  • Edgar Allan Poe Throughout His Life
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    Edgar Allan Poe: His Life and "The Raven" Edgar Allan Poe is considered to be the father of the short story by many. Over the course of his life, he wrote hundreds of short stories and poems. His writing style is unique and influenced by the tragedies that occurred over the course of his life. In fact, he is most well known for writing morbid stories and gruesome, dismal poems. Indeed his writing habits were heavily influenced by his life. His life was full of depression, angst, and woe. Many of...
  • Raven's Shadow
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    Few American authors have obtained the level of popularity that Edgar Allen Poe has risen to. This popularity and his trademark macabre writing style have made some of his literary works such as The Raven a long-time classic in literature. This work in particular, exhibits some characteristics of folklore. Folklore has long been associated with oral passage, custom-related themes and unknown authors; however, I believe that there are exceptions to the typical definition and that almost all liter...
  • Literary Contributions Of Edgar Allan Poe
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    Many authors have made great contributions to the world of literature. Mark Twain Introduced Americans to life on the Mississippi. Thomas Hardy wrote on his pessimistic views ofthe Victorian Age. Another author that influenced literature is Edgar Allan Poe. Poe is known as the father of the American short stories and father of the detective story. To understand the literary Contributions of Edgar Allan Poe, one must look at his early life, his literary life, and a summary of two of his famous wo...
  • Literary Contributions Of Edgar Allan Poe
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    The influences of Edgar Allen Poe Edgar Allen Poe is considered to be one of the best when it comes to Early American Literature. He is most famous for the short stories and poems that he had written. The question posed here is why did Edgar Allen Poe write poems and short stories that are filled with horror and the presence of Death. Many believe that it was his addiction to alcohol and the events that he had to endure during his lifetime. Events such as the death of his mother and abandonment ...
  • Allan's Treatment Of Poe
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    People often refer to Edgar Allan Poe as the father of the detective story-and to "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" as the first of that genre-so it may seem appropriate that much of Poe's life story remains mired in mystery. Rufus Griswold, his literary executor, wrote a scathing obituary of Poe, depicting him as a sadistic drug addict and alcoholic. This has lead many to falsely consider Poe as the origin of his own dark characters. Upon his birth in Boston on January 19, 1809, his parents- regu...

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