Edgar Allan Poe Life Outline

Nick Arleo3/11/13 I. Introduction Edgar Allen Poe was a truly dark writer of poems and short stories. His writings terrified many. His whole vitality and the unfortunante events that occured during it can tell a person why his writings were the fashion they were written. II. Body- Poes early life, marri climb on, works, later forms A. Early life in Boston,MA 1. Poes family a. his scram left his family early on in his life, and his mother passed away when he was 3 years of age. 2. Poes foster family a.Poe lived with John and Frances Allan, a successful tobacco merchant and his wife in Richmond,Virginia. 3. Poes marriage a. Poe married his 13 year old cousin Virgnia or Sissy as he called her when he was the age of 27. b. Sissy grew ill with tuberculosis and with no cure, she passed away in 1842. 4. Poes Collegient years a. Poe started issue studying at the University of Virginia. b. Poe later on transfered to the Naval acadamy at tungsten Point and joined the military. B. Poes w orks 1. Short stories a. The Angel of the Odd (1844) frivolity about being drunk b. The Balloon Hoax (1844) Newspaper stage about balloon travel c. Berenice (1835) Horror story about odontiasis d. The Black Cat (1845) Horror story about a throw off e. The Cask of Amontillado (1846) A story of revenge f. A Descent Into The whirlpool (1845) Man vs. Nature, Adventure Story g. Eleonora (1850) A love story h. The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar (1845) Talking with a dead man i. The Fall of the ingleside of Usher (1839) An old house and its secrets 2. Poems A DreamA Dream Within A Dream A Valentine Al Aaraaf Alone An Acrostic An Enigma Annabel lee(prenominal) Bridal Ballad Dreamland Dreams Eldorado Elizabeth C. Poes Later years a. after the death of his wife, Poe became very depressed. This depression inspired most of his pieces. b. Poe began an even big alcoholic after years of being a heavy drinker. c. Poe in addition began the search for a new wife in order to vivify his hap pieness and cure his depression. d. Poes writings at the end of his life were his most depressing. e. Poe at last died on October 7th 1849.