The Life Of Edgar Alan Poe
a Biography
1809 -- 1849

He gained some fame from the publication in 1845 of a dozen stories as well as of
The Raven and Other Poems, and he enjoyed a few months of calm as a respected critic
and writer. After his wife died in 1847, however, his life began to unravel even faster as he
moved about from city to city, lecturing and writing, drinking heavily, and courting several
older women. Just before marrying one, he died in Baltimore after being found
semiconscious in a tavern - possibly from too much alcohol, although it is a myth that he
was a habitual drunkard and drug addict.
Admittedly a failure in most areas of his personal life, he was recognized as an
unusually gifted writer and was admired by Dostoevsky and Baudelaire, even if not always
appreciated by many of his other contemporaries. Master of symbolism and the macabre,
he is considered to be the father of the detective story and a stepfather of science fiction,
and he......

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