Edgar Allen Poe :: Biography

Many people label Edgar Allen Poe a repulsive force writer, plain and simple others refer to Poe as the father of the detective story, further over all hes one Americas greatest writers. His magnate of expressing the founding in gothic ways, really captures the readers attention. tied(p) though he lead a tough life and was cognize as a sadistic drug addict and alcoholic, he dumb managed to produce great pieces of literature. Three of his greatest works were The Tell rehearsal heart, The Fall of the House Usher, and The Raven. All of these are very known troughout the world and are considered three of Poes greatest pieces. He was born in Boston on January 19, 1809, his parents, regular members of Federal street theater, wee-weed him Edgar Poe. Shortly onward his mothers death in Richmond, Virginia on December 8, 1811, his father abandoned the family. bottom Allen, a wealthy tobacco merchant in Richmond, brought Poe into the family (at his wifes request), and gave him the mi ddle name Allen as a baptismal name, though he never officially adopted him. Even though Allens treatment toward Poe is not hardly known, we know that Allen never treated Poe with sensitivity. In 1815, the Allen family moved to England on business. There, Poe entered the Manor-House trail in Stoke-Newington, a London suburb. This school taught him the gothic architecture and historic landscape of the region made a deep imprint on his youthful imagination, which would effect his adult writings (Levin, 14). The Allens left England in June 1820, and arrived in Richmond on August 2. Here, Poe entered the English and Classical School of Joseph H. Clarke, a graduate of Trinity College in Dublin. On February 14, 1826, Poe entered the University of Virginia. Though he played out more time gambling and drinking than studying, he won pilfer honors in French and Latin. On May 26, 1827, Poe enlisted in the US legions under the name Edgar A. Perry. He joined Battery H of the first Artiller y, then stationed at Fort Independence. While Poe served there, Calvin F.S. Thomas printed Poes first book, Tamerlane and separate Poems, a slim volume, which failed to earn any fame or money. Poe then visited Baltimore, and ordered for the printing of another slim volume, entitled Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems. Then, Allen obtained an booking for him as a cadet, so on July 1, 1830 he entered West order Military Academy, making his residence at No.