Edgar Allan Poe A Madman

Edgar Allan Poe was nothing short of a typical American writer. Many of his short stories present as if a mirror reflection of his own life: obstacles, miseries and anguish that his life was `peppered with'. Poe did not get on well with the society. He indulged in drinking to excess and gambling which was regarded as immoral at that time. Most importantly, he married an underage girl who was his cousin. This step made the pendulum swing. He became an outcast and by many of his contemporaries was perceived as a madman. Though the writer insisted on denying any connection between the events and problems from his life and the ones presented in his works, some literary critics claim that the allusions are very conspicuous.

The life of Edgar Allan Poe 's was short and mysterious - just like the lives of the heroes of his stories. And like his fictional heroes, Poe was passionate about painful, strange, gloomy existence of the human soul. The contradictory and unstable, inclined to extravagant whims and binges, he seemed to have decided to match the romantic stereotype of the suffering hero, taken prisoner of self-destruction.

Edgar Allan Poe, was especially antisocial, and some would say insane. His “insanity” was solely prompted by events in his life. On December 8, 1811, both of Poe's parents died from the dreadful disease, tuberculosis. Poe's foster mother, with whom he was close with, dies in Richmond on February 28, 1829 from a long sickness. Upon the date Aug 1, 1831, Poes older brother Henry dies of either tuberculosis or cholera at the age of 27. Poe's wife Virginia died of tuberculosis on Jan 30, 1847 (Poe Museum). Poe has been so despondent while the illness consumed the final months of Virginia's life that friends thought he was going insane. The loss of his wife extended Poes dependency on alcohol. Some of Poe’s beliefs were viewed as ludicrous, but truly were coherent. Poe expresses these beliefs throughout his stories.These beliefs include, alcohol can end and destroy one's life, there's nothing to stop death, and that true happiness is not possible as long as moral evil lurks within the darkness.

Many believed that Edgar Allen Poe was insane, while others thought he was just a troubled man. After reading through his letters to his “Pa”, it was evident to me that he was depressed, desperate, and hopeless yet hopeful. I did not sense that he was insane or mentally ill while reading his works. Instead I could tell that his life was not very easy and that he was faced with many challenges and hardship.

“Men have called me mad; but the question is not yet settled, whether madness is or is not the loftiest intelligence.” This was a quote said by the famous writer of Edgar Allan Poe. Just like it says in the quote, Edgar Poe has been called mad, or insane many times before because of his extraordinary writings. Some believe it is because of how many women he has lost throughout his life, while others say it is because he has been affected from the lack of fatherly figures in his life. While these could both be true, both of his fathers abandoning him have certainly affected him in a major way. These including Poe having to move a lot throughout his life, becoming very poor, and making him focus on his writing full time. For example, as stated in an article, About Edgar Allan Poe, Edgar’s father left his family when he was very young.

"In one case out of a hundred a point is excessively discussed because it is obscure; in the ninety-nine remaining it is obscure because it is excessively discussed." This quote by Edgar Allan Poe describes his obscure works which have been discussed and criticized in great detail for many years to come. Some readers believe that his works are too dark and eccentric maybe even deathly. Others believe his works to be masterpieces. However, one thing that is not up for debate is the fact that Edgar Allan Poe is a literary genius. Edgar Allan Poe, the creator of the ratiocinative story and the amateur sleuth and leading contributor to the gothic genre, is the greatest author of the mid-nineteenth century.

While Poe was believed to be mentally deranged he still is one of the greatest authors to date. He had no parents, and lived with a foster family. He never finished college and fell into great debt. As he became a rising author the fame was short lived as he was criticized by many. With some of the scariest stories to date and one of the best authors throughout history Poe is a very noteworthy author. As Poe had really began his career in debt he also ended his life in debt. For many years to come Poes various spine tingling stories shall live

Edgar Allan Poe was an American author during the period of Dark Romanticism. Many dark romantics, including Poe, use the motif of insanity throughout their short stories and poems to establish terror and suspense for their readers. Another literary technique Poe incorporates in his writing is eerie imagery, which is often formed by the narrator’s dialogue and the setting. The art of first-person narration within Poe’s short stories is another key component to building suspense and terror. Poe establishes suspense and terror for his readers in his short stories, “The Tell-Tale Heart” and “The Pit and the Pendulum,” through the motif of insanity, the use of eerie imagery, and first-person narration.

The author, Edgar Allan Poe, was born on January 19, 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts to traveling actors David Poe, Jr. and Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins Poe. He was the second child of three children or otherwise stated as the middle child. His older brother, William Henry Leonard Poe also became a poet and his younger sister, Rosalie Poe taught penmanship at Richmond girls’ school. In 1810, Edgar’s father David Poe Jr. left the family, leaving them in poverty. His mother, Elizabeth Hopkins Poe died of pulmonary tuberculosis when Edgar was at the age of three. Poe was sent away to live under the roof of John Allan, who was a considerably wealthy merchant and his wife Frances Valentine Allan in Richmond, Virginia. His siblings were sent to live with other foster parents.

“I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.”. Edgar Allan Poe, known well to many, specializes in the dark and creepy. Poe’s uniqueness and stories used many sensory details such as taste, touch, sight, hearing, and smell to make them more vivid and capture the feelings of the narrator. In most of his stories he used Gothic techniques such as grotesque images, gloomy settings, and a unreliable narrators to enhance it.

Edgar Allen Poe lived a life of misery that no other would ever wish to live. Poe lost numerous close family members to tuberculosis or other illness. He was exceptionally poor and considered to be a failure by most of his peers during his lifetime. Edgar Poe was a dejected man who was never acknowledged for his work until years after his death, which was believed to have been caused by alcoholism or encephalitic rabies. I believe that Poe died of rabies because the symptoms he showed before his death and the opinions of many medical professionals of the time support the theory that Poe died of encephalitic rabies.

Edgar Allen Poe was a great poet that lived a rough life. Poe had lost many of his loved ones throughout his life and many were due to tuberculosis. Poe was very poor when he lived by himself and became an alcoholic. He had died when he was 40 years old and people believe that it was due to alcoholism or rabies. I believe that Poe had died of Rabies/Encephalitis because he had all of the symptoms of rabies and it was confirmed by doctors.

During this time in age, there are many tales of mysteries and remorse, but they don't have the same grandeur as around the time Edgar Allan Poe was alive. Poe is considered the father of those types of stories that we have today. While reading some of the short stories and poems that Poe wrote; there are reasons to believe that he based some of the writing about his life or what was happening around him throughout the time he was alive, in the following ways: (1) his first major period was about independence and pride as well as loss and grief, (2) the second period was mainly about life being a dramatic structure of revenge, alcoholism, and misfortune; (3) and finally the third major period

Although Poe had a rocky childhood he was able to grow into a successful writer and inspiration to many today. Unique and unlike any other writer Poe was able to write his short stories and wasn’t hesitant about it either. “Poe had an extreme influence on two genres still being read to this day which would be Science fiction and Detective genres” (“biography of”). Poe later went on to be what some could say America’s first great writing critic. “Poe often called out authors that he believed were intimidating other authors” (“Spiridon”). “He was one of the first writers to really focus on Gothic themes and to make it okay to write about death in a new way” (“HRF”). This all started when “Poe had finally landed a job as an editor for a newspaper because, of winning a contest with his story “The Manuscript Found in a Bottle”” (“Biography of”). Later Poe became the manager of the paper. His first volume of short stories after that were, “Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque” (“Biography of”). The book was published in 1839, after that his career took

In Annabel Lee, Edgar Allan Poe states, “We loved with a love that was more than love.” This saying is used by thousands of people everyday to their soul mate. The American Renaissance, which began in 1828 through 1865. Poe was an Anti-Transcendentalist, he wrote mostly about self-destruction (sin). Edgar Allan Poe enjoyed writing about death, sinful acts, and how others felt towards sin.