Gabrielle Holmes P7 by Gabrielle Holmes https://padlet.com/ggholmes2/fuexw45cnqkar1bn en-us 2020-10-28 17:25:54 UTC 2025-05-09 15:43:54 UTC hello@padlet.com Edgar Allan Poe ggholmes2 https://padlet.com/ggholmes2/fuexw45cnqkar1bn/wish/870674529 : one of the most important and influential American Writers of the 19th century, being the very first author to try and make a professional living as a writer.

]]> 2020-10-28 17:33:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ggholmes2/fuexw45cnqkar1bn/wish/870674529 When and where was he born? ggholmes2 https://padlet.com/ggholmes2/fuexw45cnqkar1bn/wish/870692343 Edgar Allan Poe was born January 19, 1809 in Boston to traveling actors Elizabeth and David Poe, but within three years both of his parents passed away. Resulting in Edgar being taken in by the wealthy tobacco merchant John Allan and Frances Valentine Allan in Richmond, Virginia, giving him the name Edgar Allan Poe, as his brother and sister went to other families.]]> 2020-10-28 17:37:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ggholmes2/fuexw45cnqkar1bn/wish/870692343 Military School: ggholmes2 https://padlet.com/ggholmes2/fuexw45cnqkar1bn/wish/870757115 On July 1, 1830 Edgar Allan Poe entered the United States Military Academy at West Point. Only lasting merely eight months he was thrown out due to offenses, such as neglect of duty.

]]> 2020-10-28 17:51:53 UTC https://padlet.com/ggholmes2/fuexw45cnqkar1bn/wish/870757115 Virginia Clemm: ggholmes2 https://padlet.com/ggholmes2/fuexw45cnqkar1bn/wish/870806516 Poe at twenty seven years old, married his cousin Virginia Clemm, who was just 13 years old at the time. It's believed that they married secretly in Baltimore, then publicly in Richmond on May 16, 1836. The winter of 1847, Virginia sadly passed away of Tuberculosis   at the young age of twenty four.]]> 2020-10-28 18:03:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ggholmes2/fuexw45cnqkar1bn/wish/870806516 First published literary work: ggholmes2 https://padlet.com/ggholmes2/fuexw45cnqkar1bn/wish/870865582 In 1827, "Tamerlane and Other Poems" was the first self published book by Edgar Allan Poe at the age of eighteen.]]> 2020-10-28 18:16:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ggholmes2/fuexw45cnqkar1bn/wish/870865582 Fame: ggholmes2 https://padlet.com/ggholmes2/fuexw45cnqkar1bn/wish/870893046 In January, 1845, the publication of "The Raven" made Poe a "household name". At this time he was living in New York City, now drawing in large crowds to his lectures, Edgar started demanding better pay for his work. Publishing two books that year, he bought out the owners of the Broadway Journal. However, this did not last long due to his wife's health and rumors of his relationship with a married woman, led him away from the city in 1846. ]]> 2020-10-28 18:23:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ggholmes2/fuexw45cnqkar1bn/wish/870893046 Death: ggholmes2 https://padlet.com/ggholmes2/fuexw45cnqkar1bn/wish/870936718 The passing of his wife left Edgar Allan in a depression, leaving him unable to write for months. Critics predicted he would not be around much longer, they were proven right as Poe only lived two more years and spent his time traveling, giving lectures and trying to find backers for his latest magazine project "The Stylus". In 1849, Edgar returned to Richmond and reconnected with his first fiancee, Elmira Royster Shelton.   Becoming engaged, they intended to married when Poe returned from his trip to New York and Philadelphia. On his way to Philadelphia Edgar stopped in Baltimore, disappearing for five days. He was found in the bar room of a public house being used as a polling place for an election. Magazine editor, Joseph Snodgrass sent Poe to Washington College Hospital, where he would spend his last days. Poe's mother in law and fiancee had no idea what had happened to Edgar until they read it in the newspaper. Edgar Allan Poe died on October 7, 1849, at forty years old, and to this day the cause of his death remains a mystery.
(Place of burial: Westminster Presbyterian Church, Baltimore, MD)]]> 2020-10-28 18:34:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ggholmes2/fuexw45cnqkar1bn/wish/870936718 Influenced writing : ggholmes2 https://padlet.com/ggholmes2/fuexw45cnqkar1bn/wish/871209924 Edgar Allan Poe did not have it easy as a child. Being born into a family that was dirt poor, his father abandoned the family, leaving his mother alone with two year old Edgar, his older brother Henry, and his little sister Rosalie. Things got worse on December 8, 1811 Elizabeth Poe passed away due to tuberculosis, and no more than a few days later news spread that David Poe had also passed due to the disease.]]> 2020-10-28 19:50:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ggholmes2/fuexw45cnqkar1bn/wish/871209924 Theories on Cause of Death: ggholmes2 https://padlet.com/ggholmes2/fuexw45cnqkar1bn/wish/871307234 As stated  by https://www.poemuseum.org/poes-death 
On October 3, 1849, Dr. Joseph Snodgrass received the following note:
Baltimore City, Oct. 3, 1849
Dear sir,

There is a gentleman, rather the worse for wear, at Ryan's 4th ward polls, who goes under the cognomen of Edgar A. Poe, and who appears in great distress, & he says he is acquainted with you, he is in need of immediate assistance.Yours, in haste,
JOS. W. WALKER
To Dr. J.E. Snodgrass.
This is the first verifiable evidence available of Poe's whereabouts since departing Richmond in the early morning of September 27. His intended destination had been Philadelphia, where he was to edit a volume of poetry for Mrs. St. Leon Loud. Dr. Snodgrass found Poe semiconscious and dressed in cheap, ill-fitting clothes so unlike Poe's usual mode of dress that many believe that Poe's own clothing had been stolen. Poe was taken to Washington College Hospital on the afternoon of October 3 and did not regain consciousness until the next morning. For days he passed from delirium to unconsciousness, but never recovered well enough to tell how he had arrived in such a condition. For no known reason he started calling loudly for "Reynolds" on the fourth night.
]]> 2020-10-28 20:25:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ggholmes2/fuexw45cnqkar1bn/wish/871307234 Starting: ggholmes2 https://padlet.com/ggholmes2/fuexw45cnqkar1bn/wish/871362748 After publishing his third book, Edgar Allan Poe focused on writing full time. He traveled around searching for an opportunity, living in New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Richmond. He continued to struggle living in poverty, when he finally got a break when one of his stories won a contest in the "Baltimore Saturday Visiter". This led him to publish more short stories, in return landing him an editorial position with the "Southern Literary Messenger" in Richmond, VA.]]> 2020-10-28 20:46:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ggholmes2/fuexw45cnqkar1bn/wish/871362748 "Murders in the Rue Morgue" : ggholmes2 https://padlet.com/ggholmes2/fuexw45cnqkar1bn/wish/871385460 This short story by Edgar Allan Poe is described as being the first modern detective story.]]> 2020-10-28 20:55:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ggholmes2/fuexw45cnqkar1bn/wish/871385460 Poe Toaster Mystery: ggholmes2 https://padlet.com/ggholmes2/fuexw45cnqkar1bn/wish/871396170 An unidentified person for over seven decades paid an annual tribute to Edgar Allan Poe's grave. From 1949 until 2009, three red roses and a half filled bottle of cognac was left behind. To this day no body know who this person/people are. ]]> 2020-10-28 20:59:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ggholmes2/fuexw45cnqkar1bn/wish/871396170 Gothic Literature: ggholmes2 https://padlet.com/ggholmes2/fuexw45cnqkar1bn/wish/871408426 Combining fiction and horror, death, and at times romance. 
Normally involving supernatural, omens, curses, emotional distress, and nightmares.]]> 2020-10-28 21:05:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ggholmes2/fuexw45cnqkar1bn/wish/871408426 ggholmes2 https://padlet.com/ggholmes2/fuexw45cnqkar1bn/wish/871434440 2020-10-28 21:17:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ggholmes2/fuexw45cnqkar1bn/wish/871434440