It was the tale of a city that was ruled by ‘death’, and that the Devil was grateful to ‘death’ for allowing him to rule over the world. One of Poe’s earlier poems was The City in the Sea. He was interested in reanimation, or the belief that dead bodies could be brought back to life - which was also a similar interest of Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein. It is commonly believed that her early death was a significant influence on Poe’s later works, and in particular, his darker writings.Īlthough known primarily for his work in horror, Poe also was fond of humor and satyr.
His young wife fell ill to tuberculosis and died just two years later.
Poe married his 13-year-old cousin, Virginia Clemm, and they lived in Baltimore, Maryland, for a short time. If I were to give any writer credit for inspiring me to continue writing and to pursue it as a livelihood, it would be Edgar Allan Poe. I think one of the things I enjoyed most was hearing an audio recording of Vincent Price reading A Tell Tale Heart and The Pendulum. Whether it was his dark and macabre scenes or just the way he framed his words, I don’t know, but I always relished the discussion of Poe’s works and reading his many fascinating poems. I wasn’t too fond of literature as a young school boy, but I did look forward to my American Literature class when it came time for the works of Edgar Allan Poe. He began working mostly in prose, where he became a literary critic. It was about this time that he began his literary career.
He also attempted a career in the military, but failed to impress the commandant at West Point. He lived with the Allan family (for which he took his middle name) until he attended college at the University of Virginia. Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and became an orphan at a young age when his mother passed away - his father had already abandoned them.
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