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Poe's mother and father passed away when he was two years old and both his brother and sister were separated. Poe's father abandoned him and his mother passed away a year later when he was just two

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Poe passed away on October 7, 1849 due to the lack of studies done to him after death it is still unclear of what he died off. Poe's original burial site is in Baltimore, Maryland in an unmarked grave.

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He started out writing Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque which was a collection of short stories. They were published in the late 1830's

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Edgar Allan Poe was born in 1809, in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Edgar poe adopted the last name Poe from his richmond family.

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Poe's first literary work was Tamerlane. This book was published in 1827

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Poe Went to West Point and was kicked out for allegedly,"purposely broke the rules and ignored his duties."

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Poe started his writing career when he became an editor of a newspaper. The story by Poe "Murders in the Rue Morgue" was the first story for detective collections. The Poe Toaster was a mysterious man in one of Poe's stories that won't be revealed.

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Poe married his cousin, Virginia who was 14 years younger than him. Unfortunately Virginia died in 1847.

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Gothic literature has many elements. Gloomy, decaying settings, haunted houses, supernatural beings, ghosts, curses, and damsels in distress are all elements of gothic literature.

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There are 13 theories on how or what caused Poe's death. Alcohol, disease, medical difficulties, and rabies were only some of the theories on how Poe died.