Edgar Allan Poe by Keanu Biscocho [STUDENT] https://padlet.com/keanu_265576/wpjihoxy77e Keanu Biscocho, Valeria Rivera, Zorian Connell, Leah Atsusawa en-us 2018-10-18 16:42:53 UTC 2023-10-10 02:09:01 UTC hello@padlet.com zorion_267537 https://padlet.com/keanu_265576/wpjihoxy77e/wish/294487659 2018-10-18 16:48:34 UTC https://padlet.com/keanu_265576/wpjihoxy77e/wish/294487659 Poe's birth keanu_265576 https://padlet.com/keanu_265576/wpjihoxy77e/wish/295554773 Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 19, 1908.]]> 2018-10-22 16:30:32 UTC https://padlet.com/keanu_265576/wpjihoxy77e/wish/295554773 Childhood keanu_265576 https://padlet.com/keanu_265576/wpjihoxy77e/wish/295561188 Poe's biological parents were Elizabeth Arnold Poe and David Poe. They were both traveling actors living in poverty. Within three years of Poe's birth, they had both passed away.

]]> 2018-10-22 16:41:01 UTC https://padlet.com/keanu_265576/wpjihoxy77e/wish/295561188 Poe got the name "Allan" when he was adopted. keanu_265576 https://padlet.com/keanu_265576/wpjihoxy77e/wish/295568700 Poe was taken in by a tobacco merchant , John Allan and his wife Frances Valentine Allan in Richmond, Virginia.


]]> 2018-10-22 16:51:42 UTC https://padlet.com/keanu_265576/wpjihoxy77e/wish/295568700 keanu_265576 https://padlet.com/keanu_265576/wpjihoxy77e/wish/295571406 2018-10-22 16:55:53 UTC https://padlet.com/keanu_265576/wpjihoxy77e/wish/295571406 Education keanu_265576 https://padlet.com/keanu_265576/wpjihoxy77e/wish/296045591 Poe attended the University of Virginia in 1826.
Poe later dropped out of school and went into the Army under a different name. (Edgar A. Perry) He soon after rose to the rank of sergeant major. 

]]> 2018-10-23 16:17:23 UTC https://padlet.com/keanu_265576/wpjihoxy77e/wish/296045591 Military Life keanu_265576 https://padlet.com/keanu_265576/wpjihoxy77e/wish/296048727 He enjoyed being in the military and enrolled at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He was later kicked out. 

]]> 2018-10-23 16:22:35 UTC https://padlet.com/keanu_265576/wpjihoxy77e/wish/296048727 Life after the Army valeria_352458 https://padlet.com/keanu_265576/wpjihoxy77e/wish/296049676 After he left the army, he began to pursue writing. It was difficult for him and his first book titled Tamerlane and Other Poems. ]]> 2018-10-23 16:23:53 UTC https://padlet.com/keanu_265576/wpjihoxy77e/wish/296049676 Poe's Love life keanu_265576 https://padlet.com/keanu_265576/wpjihoxy77e/wish/296053770 Poe married his cousin, Virginia in 1836 when she was only 13 years old. At the age of 24, Virginia passed away from tuberculosis. 

]]> 2018-10-23 16:30:29 UTC https://padlet.com/keanu_265576/wpjihoxy77e/wish/296053770 After his Marriage keanu_265576 https://padlet.com/keanu_265576/wpjihoxy77e/wish/296057136 Once Poe had married Virginia, he started to publish several short stories. One of Poe’s most famous poems is called “The Fall of the House of Usher” (published in 1839 in Gentleman’s Magazine)

]]> 2018-10-23 16:35:43 UTC https://padlet.com/keanu_265576/wpjihoxy77e/wish/296057136 Other huge works keanu_265576 https://padlet.com/keanu_265576/wpjihoxy77e/wish/296057603 In 1840, Poe published a collection of macabre (disturbing and gruesome ) stories. One of these stories that Poe also wrote the first detective story about Detective C. Auguste Dupin, which later influenced Arthur Conan Doyle to later write the iconic Sherlock Holmes’ character. 

]]> 2018-10-23 16:36:28 UTC https://padlet.com/keanu_265576/wpjihoxy77e/wish/296057603 His Death keanu_265576 https://padlet.com/keanu_265576/wpjihoxy77e/wish/296058229 One theory on what caused Poe’s death was political thugs. Since Poe was found semi-conscious on the street wearing unfit clothes in Baltimore near a voting stand. He was hospitalized before he passed away. 

]]> 2018-10-23 16:37:33 UTC https://padlet.com/keanu_265576/wpjihoxy77e/wish/296058229 Famous Works keanu_265576 https://padlet.com/keanu_265576/wpjihoxy77e/wish/296058901 One of his most successful and famous works, The Raven was written in 1845.

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