Edgar Poe by Ameriana Lewis https://padlet.com/ameriana_735596/mokngjdc80z7 Made with a curious mind en-us 2016-12-15 19:48:31 UTC 2017-05-17 11:56:38 UTC hello@padlet.com ameriana_735596 https://padlet.com/ameriana_735596/mokngjdc80z7/wish/143944757 He was born on january 19, 1809]]> 2016-12-15 19:49:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ameriana_735596/mokngjdc80z7/wish/143944757 ameriana_735596 https://padlet.com/ameriana_735596/mokngjdc80z7/wish/143945138 Edgar was born in boston]]> 2016-12-15 19:51:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ameriana_735596/mokngjdc80z7/wish/143945138 ameriana_735596 https://padlet.com/ameriana_735596/mokngjdc80z7/wish/143945375 Edgar Peo married his 1 year old cousin ]]> 2016-12-15 19:52:40 UTC https://padlet.com/ameriana_735596/mokngjdc80z7/wish/143945375 ameriana_735596 https://padlet.com/ameriana_735596/mokngjdc80z7/wish/143945733 In January 1895 he published his poem called The Raven]]> 2016-12-15 19:54:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ameriana_735596/mokngjdc80z7/wish/143945733 Poe died in Baltimore on October 7, 1849, at age 40; the cause of his death is unknown and has been variously attributed to alcohol etc ameriana_735596 https://padlet.com/ameriana_735596/mokngjdc80z7/wish/143946448 2016-12-15 19:57:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ameriana_735596/mokngjdc80z7/wish/143946448 Poe and his works influenced literature in the United States and around the world, as well as in specialized fields such as cosmology and cryptography. ameriana_735596 https://padlet.com/ameriana_735596/mokngjdc80z7/wish/143946649 2016-12-15 19:58:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ameriana_735596/mokngjdc80z7/wish/143946649 Poe and his work appear throughout popular culture in literature, music, films, and television. A number of his homes are dedicated museums today. ameriana_735596 https://padlet.com/ameriana_735596/mokngjdc80z7/wish/143946729 2016-12-15 19:58:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ameriana_735596/mokngjdc80z7/wish/143946729 Poe switched his focus to prose and spent the next several years working for literary journals and periodicals, becoming known for his own style of literary criticism. ameriana_735596 https://padlet.com/ameriana_735596/mokngjdc80z7/wish/143946875 2016-12-15 19:59:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ameriana_735596/mokngjdc80z7/wish/143946875 With the death of Frances Allan in 1829, Poe and Allan reached a temporary rapprochement. However, Poe later failed as an officer cadet at West Point, declaring a firm wish to be a poet and writer, and he ultimately parted ways with John Allan. ameriana_735596 https://padlet.com/ameriana_735596/mokngjdc80z7/wish/143947031 2016-12-15 20:00:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ameriana_735596/mokngjdc80z7/wish/143947031 newspapers at the time reported Poe's death as "congestion of the brain" or "cerebral inflammation", common euphemisms for deaths from disreputable causes such as alcoholism. ameriana_735596 https://padlet.com/ameriana_735596/mokngjdc80z7/wish/143947248 2016-12-15 20:01:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ameriana_735596/mokngjdc80z7/wish/143947248