Spirtualism In Edgar Allan Poe

Do you know anyone with style? I do! In fact, Edgar Allan Poe, also known as the “Master of Horror”, is a well known author known for his style and the effect it has on his readers. Edgar Allan Poe is a poet and an author. He writes terrifying short stories and poems that can give the reader nightmares. For the same reason, his style is very gothic and ominous. He uses several literary devices that help create such creepy effects. In three of his most well-known works, “The Tell Tale Heart,” “The Cask of Amontillado,” and “The Raven,” Poe shows his unique style when he uses imagery, figurative language, and conflict in order to create a dark mood.

Thesis: Edgar Allan Poe was one of the most influential, yet misunderstood writers in American Literature.

When you think about the first detective story ever written, Edgar Allen Poe probably doesn’t come to mind. He is most known for his melancholic and gruesome tales of stories such as a guilty man’s conscience giving him the impression of hearing the man he killed heart beating through the floorboards, or even a raven symbolizing the inevitable death we will all face. Despite these well-known contributions, his writings concerning the detective field have left an indisputable mark on pieces following his time.

Edgar Allan Poe was an American editor, writer, and a literary critic. He is most popular for his short stories as well as his poetry. He is idolized as a central figure of Romanticism in American Literature. He is also the first well-known writer to attempt making writing their sole source of income. He was born January 19th 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts. His father tragically abandoned their family in 1810 and his mother died the next year. Poe was then adopted by Frances and John Allan. He then went on to attend the University of Virginia but was unable to finish do to financial struggle. He spent the next several years working for periodicals as well as literary journals. He moved around a lot during his years until he ended up in Baltimore where he married his 13 year old cousin Virginia Clemm. For years he had been wanting to create his own journal called The Penn but passed away before it could be released. Edgar Allan Poe passed away on October 7th 1849. It is unknown as to how Poe died. Poe’s stories have immense popularity and re studied all over the world (Poe Museum). Poe’s works “The Black Cat” and ‘The Tell Tale Heart” have major characters that believe insane things are happening to them which causes them to murder people and animals.

Edgar Allen Poe was one of the most well-known, albeit short-lived, authors and poets of the early 19th century. Regardless of his passing at the young age of 40, his works lives on to this very day. His style for writing in dramatic fashions and being the original horror author have left a mark on literature history. The short stories of The Raven and The Cask of Amontillado were some of the more well-known works of Edgar Allen Poe. Reading his past works it is noticeable that he only wrote in the first person or rather wrote using only I. This was one of the more common themes presented into his work. However, there are other methods that Poe practiced when writing both poems and short stories that are greatly influenced to new writers

No two authors are ever identical, they craft their stories precisely while mixing in their own style to differentiate them from the others and allow them to stand out. Many respected authors use literary devices to make the work their own. For instance, well renown author Edgar Allan Poe has a style that is famous for its unusual usage of the many literary devices to contribute to his Gothic writings. Poe's style is bound together with what we see in most of his work such as using diction to create allegories and allusions, using mood to create suspense, and symbolism to create a meaning deeper than what our eyes see.

“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary.” The door behind Edgar Allan Poe creaks open, but he does not think much of it. “Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore.” The sound of footsteps can be heard in the hallway. “As of someone rapping, rapping at my chamber door,” the footsteps grow louder. “ Tis some visitor I muttered, tapping on my chamber door,” “Only this and nothing more.” BANG! Edgar feels a strong and blunt object strike him in the back of his skull, while falling fast he could barely see the person who had struck him in his head as he fell to the ground and immediately went unconscious when his head hit the floor.

Edgar Allen Poe is one of the most descriptive writers known today. His works have been intriguing people since he began writing. The depth Edgar puts into his characters and settings is something people crave. The mysterious aspects of his stories immediately seize the readers’ attention. Edgar Allen Poe’s writing depth was affected by his drug and alcohol abuse.

Edgar Allen Poe is a well known name all throughout the english world. He went from struggling to write poems and short stories to being a household name and a well known critic. Poe was born on January 19, 1809, in Boston. He died in Baltimore on Sunday, October 7, 1849. Poe married his 13 year old cousin, Virginia (Giordano). Their marriage was very different because you usually wouldn’t see a 27 year old marrying a 13 year old, and it was especially different because he married his cousin.

While Bram Stoker was an influential writer, Edgar Allan Poe was one of the most well-known writer of the Romantic Movement. Unlike Stoker, Poe was an American writer, and has written some of the “best known poems in national literature” (biography.com). Poe wrote “satires, humor tales, and hoaxes” (Poe). His writings also inspired the creation of different genres, such as detective fictions. In his early life, Poe juggled two careers, being a soldier in the army or being a writer. He eventually chose to become a writer, a good choice too because he would soon become perhaps the best-known romantic writer. He used recurring themes throughout his works, which included “death, including its physical signs, the effects of decomposition, concerns

Edgar Allen Poe is one of the most prolific writers of all time. Known for his dark and atmospheric stories, he has influenced multiple writers of many genres and has had many famous of work that continues to be studied even today and will continue to be studied in the future. What makes Poe such an interesting writer and a write that continues to be studied even now? One of the things that are commonly seen in his pieces of work is the use of symbolism. His use of symbolism truly enhances his pieces of work and it is what makes his work relevant to be studied in modern times. The symbolism in his stories are a great discussion because when he leaves a lot of these questions unanswered in his story, it equates to a multiple amount of theories about why things are happening in the story and why Poe wanted to put it in the story. Symbolism can really give stories a deeper meaning and with his stories “The Tell-Tale Heart”, “The Fall of the House of Usher”, “The Cask of Amontillado”, and “The Masque of the Red Death” this holds true. Poe touches on many similar subjects involving death, murder, and haunting atmospheres.

Edgar A. Poe’s writing is very interesting as we go into the mind of a very creative man and maybe a little insane. Edgar A. Poe was an American Writer from Boston, Massachusetts. Born on January 19, 1809. Mr. Poe died on October 7, 1849. Edwin Markham informs us that, “Poe graduated at the University of Virginia at Charlotte” (viii). During the early life in Poe’s life he enrolled into the military. Financially unstable, he made that decision. Markham stated “On January 1 Poe was appointed Sergeant Major a promotion implying previous meritorious service.” (ix). Poe tried to be one of the first writers to attempt to live by his work, but as Meyers stated “Poe, throughout his attempts to live as a writer, repeatedly had to resort to humiliating pleas for money and other assistance.” (1992). Mr. Poe is considered an escape writer, but there are some lessons learned in the stories.

As short fiction has become a more accepted genre in literary circles, Edgar Allan Poe’s stories become more popular. He’s story passed on and on, and he now consider to be the father of the short story by many. His stories were strong and powerful, one called them mystery. Not only his story, but also his life.

“Men have called me mad; but the question is not yet settled, whether mad is or is not the loftiest intelligence—whether much that is glorious—whether all that is profound—does not spring from disease of thought—from moods of mind exalted at the expense of the general intellect” (Poe); these are the words of a man born on January 19, 1809. As a child Poe’s parents had passed on making him an orphan. He then went on to live with the family of John Allan who was originally from Richmond, Virginia. During the period of 1815-1820, the family migrated to England. Living in England was beneficial to Poe for the reason that he gained his gothic style that appears so frequently in his work from this area. Although prior to his success challenges

Though Poe 's fame rests primarily on his brilliant short stories, he is also a primary figure in the field of literary criticism. His story-bound ingenuity is met by his theoretic advances, which not only supplied a reasoning for his creation of the genres of science fiction and the detective story, but also endeavored to form a tradition of uniquely American literary criticism that would free the American literary world from its colonial dependence on England. In 1846, Poe wrote an essay titled ‘ 'The Philosophy of Composition, '’ which was printed in a publication of Graham’s Magazine. Traditionally, Poe was a man of limited words; he tried to write as concisely as possible. This proved accurate in this critical essay, as it is not very lengthy. It does, however, correctly depicts Poe 's message; he wanted to explain to fellow writers his theory of how it is that acclaimed writers compose well. According to Poe, there are four essential theories regarding the writing of literature: single effect, a melancholy tone, dark settings, and mentally unstable and/or unreliable narrators and characters.