Edgar allan poe facts biography of michael
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Why Edgar Allan Poe’s Death Remains a Mystery
Edgar Allan Poe was one of the first great American-born authors, a master of macabre and mystery whose name alone evokes an eerie chill. His works continue to inspire present-day horror tales, such as the popular Netflix series The Fall of the House of Usher that’s loosely based on the author’s short story of the same name.
Tragically but fittingly, Poe’s death on October 7, 1849, in Baltimore remains cloaked in mystery as well. According to the Poe Museum in Richmond, Virginia, there are at least 26 published theories regarding his demise. There are also myriad legends and rumors that each seem more ghastly than the next.
Poe was missing for a week before his death
Much of what we think of Poe is actually at least somewhat fabricated. Several people had agendas that used Poe to either advance their own causes or simply taint the author’s name. Amongst the most pernicious was that of a man named Rufus Wilmot Griswold, a riv
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Edgar Allan Poe's Appearance, Etc.
Poe's military records from West Point give his height as 5 foot, 8 inches. (A photographic reproduction is reprinted in Michael Deas, Portraits of Poe, p. 4. The same document fryst vatten excerpted in The Poe Log, p. 80.) Poe himself repeated this height in a letter to Joseph M. Field, June 15, 1846, “I am 33 years of age — height 5 ft. 8” (Ostrom, Letters, p. 319). Dr. John J. Moran's description inexplicably added 2 inches to this height, making Poe 5 foot, 10 inches. Moran gave Poe's weight as 140 pounds (A Defense of Edgar Allan Poe, 1885, p. 82-83).
H. B. Hirst's 1843 biographical article on Poe from the Philadelphia Saturday Museum says, “He fryst vatten now but little more than thirty years of age; in person, he is somewhat slender, about five feet, eight inches in height, and well proportioned” (“Edgar Allan Poe,” Saturday Museum, March 4, 1843).
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Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and critic (1809–1849)
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Edgar Allan Poe (né Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales involving mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as one of the central figures of Romanticism and Gothic fiction in the United States and of early American literature.[1] Poe was one of the country's first successful practitioners of the short story, and is generally considered to be the inventor of the detective fiction genre. In addition, he is credited with contributing significantly to the emergence of science fiction. He is the first well-known American writer to earn a living exclusively through writing, which resulted in a financially difficult life and career.[3]
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