https://padlet.com/emma_317968/kc8seqmfi3m2 Emma, Maya, Sarah, & Skylar P:5 en-us 2018-10-18 19:48:13 UTC 2025-04-24 08:27:16 UTC hello@padlet.com emma_317968 https://padlet.com/emma_317968/kc8seqmfi3m2/wish/294955758 Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19, 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts.]]> 2018-10-19 18:07:09 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_317968/kc8seqmfi3m2/wish/294955758 emma_317968 https://padlet.com/emma_317968/kc8seqmfi3m2/wish/294956461 Poe's mother and father were not part of Edgar Allan Poe's life that long. Poe's father left early in Poe's life. Then later on when Poe was three years old Poe's mother died from tuberculosis.]]> 2018-10-19 18:08:24 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_317968/kc8seqmfi3m2/wish/294956461 emma_317968 https://padlet.com/emma_317968/kc8seqmfi3m2/wish/294956763 The way Edgar Allan Poe got the middle name "Allan" was from this very wealthy foster family. Two people, John and France Allan, took Poe in as a foster child because he was an orphan. The foster parents gave Edgar Poe a middle name -Allan.]]> 2018-10-19 18:08:58 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_317968/kc8seqmfi3m2/wish/294956763 emma_317968 https://padlet.com/emma_317968/kc8seqmfi3m2/wish/294957910 The name of Poe's first published literary work was the Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym.]]> 2018-10-19 18:11:00 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_317968/kc8seqmfi3m2/wish/294957910 emma_317968 https://padlet.com/emma_317968/kc8seqmfi3m2/wish/294958181 The Raven, which was written in 1845, was one of Poe's most famous poems that he had ever written.]]> 2018-10-19 18:11:31 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_317968/kc8seqmfi3m2/wish/294958181 emma_317968 https://padlet.com/emma_317968/kc8seqmfi3m2/wish/294958417 Poe died on October 7, 1849 while in Baltimore for a trip. He was found half-conscious in the street and taken to the hospital. He died four days later in the hospital. No one knows how he died. His last words were "Lord, help my poor soul."]]> 2018-10-19 18:11:57 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_317968/kc8seqmfi3m2/wish/294958417 emma_317968 https://padlet.com/emma_317968/kc8seqmfi3m2/wish/294958609 Poe was buried on October 9, 1849, 2 days after his death. He was buried at Westmister Hall and Burying Ground. ]]> 2018-10-19 18:12:18 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_317968/kc8seqmfi3m2/wish/294958609 emma_317968 https://padlet.com/emma_317968/kc8seqmfi3m2/wish/294958838 Poe had a very tragic childhood, by the age of 3, he was an orphan. Both of his biological parents passed away. He was then sent to a foster home, which was poor. His foster family never formally adopted Poe and in order to get money for his personal use, he was forced to join the army. All of these childhood traumas eventually influenced many of Poe's works. ]]> 2018-10-19 18:12:41 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_317968/kc8seqmfi3m2/wish/294958838 emma_317968 https://padlet.com/emma_317968/kc8seqmfi3m2/wish/294959021 There are many theories that circulted after Poe's death. The most common theory that experts place confidence in is that of alcoholism, especilly since he drank alot after Virginia's death. Other theroies include, carbon monoxide posioning, epilepsy, rabies, and even being kidnapped then beaten by political deliquents.]]> 2018-10-19 18:13:02 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_317968/kc8seqmfi3m2/wish/294959021 sarah_175852 https://padlet.com/emma_317968/kc8seqmfi3m2/wish/294993903 Gothic literature includes a very dark or startling tone. Usually, gothic literature also hosts a romantic part of the story it tells. The reason gothic literature is so well known today is because it is a very old and unsettling genre that a lot of writing steams from today. ]]> 2018-10-19 19:37:39 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_317968/kc8seqmfi3m2/wish/294993903 maya_2258686 https://padlet.com/emma_317968/kc8seqmfi3m2/wish/295674467 When Poe was young, he has always wanted to write literature. When he put out one of his first pieces of literature, "The Raven" (Jan 29, 1845), came out, he was working as a magazine editor. ]]> 2018-10-22 19:46:28 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_317968/kc8seqmfi3m2/wish/295674467 emma_317968 https://padlet.com/emma_317968/kc8seqmfi3m2/wish/295674613 The Poe toaster was a way of  honoring Poe. Every year a person dressed in all black with a white scarf would go to Poe's grave late at night on Poe's birthday and set down 3 roses.]]> 2018-10-22 19:46:47 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_317968/kc8seqmfi3m2/wish/295674613 emma_317968 https://padlet.com/emma_317968/kc8seqmfi3m2/wish/295676228 The "Murders in the Rue Morgue" was said to be one of the first pieces of literature to host a detective story and is said to be the book that started the genre.]]> 2018-10-22 19:50:55 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_317968/kc8seqmfi3m2/wish/295676228 emma_317968 https://padlet.com/emma_317968/kc8seqmfi3m2/wish/295678489 Poe first married his thirteen year old cousin, Virginia. She died of tuberculosis 12 years after their marriage.]]> 2018-10-22 19:56:19 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_317968/kc8seqmfi3m2/wish/295678489 emma_317968 https://padlet.com/emma_317968/kc8seqmfi3m2/wish/295680735 The famous military school Poe attended was, "U.S. Military Academy at West Point". While Poe was attending the military school, he keep missing class in order to get himself kicked out of the military school. He was successful.]]> 2018-10-22 20:01:24 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_317968/kc8seqmfi3m2/wish/295680735 maya_2258686 https://padlet.com/emma_317968/kc8seqmfi3m2/wish/295682497 2018-10-22 20:06:20 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_317968/kc8seqmfi3m2/wish/295682497