The Life and Death of Edgar Allan PoeEdgar Allan Poe had a rather unique writing style. He had a way of rhyming and expressing himself that no other author had at the time. He was a genius in his own right in his own demented way. Many of Poe's writings reflected his life, whether happy or sad. Poe had a very difficult life, different from many others. All the women in his life seemed to die. Many died of tuberculosis. Those who did not die of tuberculosis still seemed to die. These deaths had a major effect on Poe's writing style. Men were often the "bad guys" in Poe's literature, and almost every story Poe wrote concerned death. Often the stories contained obscure circumstances surrounding the deaths. This fact, and the fact that his writing intrigues me, are the only factors as to why I chose to write about this incredibly depressing man.Early LifeEdgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 19, 1809. His parents actors, Betty and David Poe, orphaned Edgar at the age of three. John and Francis Allan of Richmond, Virginia, welcomed Edgar. As Edgar grew into his teens, his family moved around a lot. They eventually moved to a house they obtained from William Galt in 1822 or 1823. Edgar continued his education during this time, and at the age of fourteen he attended the academy of Joseph H. Clarke, then studied with William Burke. Schooling at Richmond encouraged his gift for the written word and he was good at Latin and French. At the age of sixteen he wrote one of his earliest surviving poems; "Oh Tempora! Oh Mores!" Edgar wrote enough poems to publish a book, but his teacher persuaded John Allan not to do so. When Edgar returned from...... middle of paper ...... identifiable ancestor of Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, Agatha Christie's Hurcule Poirot, Erle Stanley Gardner's Perry Mason and all these other heroes whose mind is “resolute and creative”. (EA Poe)Bibliography:BibliographyMabbott, Thomas Ollive, Collected Works of Edgar Allan, Volume I, Poems, Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1969Quinn, Arthur Hobson, Edgar Allan Poe: A Critical Biography, New York: D. Appleton -Century, 1941Thomas, Dwight and David K. Jackson, The Poe Log: A Documentary Life of Edgar Allan Poe 1809-1849, Boston: GK Hall and Co., 1987www.helpwurld.com -- Edgar Allan Poewww.oracleorange.com - - Biography of Edgar Allan Poewww.poedecoder.com -- The army and the death of Fanny Allanwww.poesattic.com -- Edgar Allan Poe 1809-1849www.poedecoder.com -- Edgar's adolescents