https://padlet.com/kristtaylo0306/1harpe7fzijj4bno Edgar Allan Poe en-us 2020-10-08 16:40:38 UTC 2025-05-11 20:20:25 UTC hello@padlet.com kristtaylo0306 https://padlet.com/kristtaylo0306/1harpe7fzijj4bno/wish/814579359 Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19 1809, in Boston Massachusetts. Within Just 3 years of his life his Parents died. He was an orphan and lived with his Aunt and Uncle, John Allan, and Frances Valentine Allan in Richmond. After a few years of living with his Aunt and Uncle , Edgar left Richmond to attend the university of Virginia. He did well in school, but he piled up a considerable dept. To raise money to pay of his dept, he started gambling. By the end of first term he was extremely poor, so poor that he had to burn his furniture to keep warm. He was then eventually against his will to drop out and go back to Richmond.  A few years after he dropped out from  the university he attended the United states Military Academy. Despite him being in the military he started to publish poetry. After 8 months at West Point we was thrown out.  
source:http://www.poemuseum.org/poes-biography]]> 2020-10-08 16:50:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kristtaylo0306/1harpe7fzijj4bno/wish/814579359 kristtaylo0306 https://padlet.com/kristtaylo0306/1harpe7fzijj4bno/wish/814650170 After Poe was thrown out of  West Point, he returned to Baltimore, which was his late father's home. One of Edgar's cousins robbed him during the night, then one his relatives, Maria  Clemn, Edgar's Aunt, became his new mother. Edgar than fell in love with his cousin Virginia, which was Clemn's daughter. Later on when Poe was 27 years old he married Virginia who was only 14 years old! In the winter, 1847, Virginia died of tuberculosis when she was 24 years old.  
source: http://www.poemuseum.org/poes-biography]]> 2020-10-08 17:06:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kristtaylo0306/1harpe7fzijj4bno/wish/814650170 kristtaylo0306 https://padlet.com/kristtaylo0306/1harpe7fzijj4bno/wish/814692463 After some time of chilling in Baltimore his Uncle, John Allen died. After his Uncle died Poe was living in poverty, but he also started to publish his short stories. One of his stories won a contest that was sponsored by, the Saturday Visitor. The contest allowed him to write more stories, and he gained the position as an editor at the Southern Literary Messenger in Richmond. 
source:http://www.poemuseum.org/poes-biography]]> 2020-10-08 17:15:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kristtaylo0306/1harpe7fzijj4bno/wish/814692463 kristtaylo0306 https://padlet.com/kristtaylo0306/1harpe7fzijj4bno/wish/814731165 In January, 1845, Poe 's story, The Raven came into fame. He was living in New York and he started to ask for better pay for his work. He lived his dream of running his own magazine, and published two more books that same year. 
source: http://www.poemuseum.org/poes-biography]]> 2020-10-08 17:24:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kristtaylo0306/1harpe7fzijj4bno/wish/814731165 kristtaylo0306 https://padlet.com/kristtaylo0306/1harpe7fzijj4bno/wish/814756904 2020-10-08 17:30:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kristtaylo0306/1harpe7fzijj4bno/wish/814756904 kristtaylo0306 https://padlet.com/kristtaylo0306/1harpe7fzijj4bno/wish/814766789 2020-10-08 17:32:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kristtaylo0306/1harpe7fzijj4bno/wish/814766789 kristtaylo0306 https://padlet.com/kristtaylo0306/1harpe7fzijj4bno/wish/815209043 two years after Virginia's death, Edgar pass away as well, on October 7, 1849. There has been a conspiracy theory as to how he died. Some people say that he died due to bidding.  Edgar was buried n the ground of the Westminster Hall. 
source:http://www.poemuseum.org/poes-biography]]> 2020-10-08 19:29:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kristtaylo0306/1harpe7fzijj4bno/wish/815209043 kristtaylo0306 https://padlet.com/kristtaylo0306/1harpe7fzijj4bno/wish/815231173 2020-10-08 19:37:18 UTC https://padlet.com/kristtaylo0306/1harpe7fzijj4bno/wish/815231173 kristtaylo0306 https://padlet.com/kristtaylo0306/1harpe7fzijj4bno/wish/817421262 Gothic literature is a genre that consists of horror, death, gloom, and fear.  Edgar's story, "Murders In The Rue Morgue," and "The Raven" are the first book under the genre gothic literature.  
 Source: https://study.com/academy/lesson/gothic-fiction-definition-characteristics-authors.html]]> 2020-10-09 17:06:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kristtaylo0306/1harpe7fzijj4bno/wish/817421262 kristtaylo0306 https://padlet.com/kristtaylo0306/1harpe7fzijj4bno/wish/817438898 The Poe Toaster is a strange person that would go to Poe's grave stone every year from, 1949 to 2009 and left 3 roses and a bottle of cognac, and then they would just run of. That's kinda weird. 
Source:https://quizlet.com/203656275/edgar-allan-poe-web-quest-questionsanswers-flash-cards/]]> 2020-10-09 17:11:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kristtaylo0306/1harpe7fzijj4bno/wish/817438898 kristtaylo0306 https://padlet.com/kristtaylo0306/1harpe7fzijj4bno/wish/817440292 When Poe was 18 years old he attended the United States Military Academy at West Point. While he was at West Point he started to write and publish poetry. 
source:http://www.poemuseum.org/poes-biography]]> 2020-10-09 17:11:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kristtaylo0306/1harpe7fzijj4bno/wish/817440292 kristtaylo0306 https://padlet.com/kristtaylo0306/1harpe7fzijj4bno/wish/818095055 2020-10-09 22:14:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kristtaylo0306/1harpe7fzijj4bno/wish/818095055