He then moved to Baltimore. In Baltimore Poe lived with several relatives, including his aunt Maria Clemm and her daughter, Virginia. Poe lived in Baltimore for four years, during which time he shifted from writing poetry to short stories. One publication that took special interest in him was the Southern Literary Messenger based in Richmond, Virginia.
Editor Thomas White offered Poe a job on the staff of the Messenger. Poe agreed and moved back to Richmond. Poe invited his aunt and cousin, Maria and Virgina to live with him in Richmond. One year later, Poe and Virginia then got married. She was 13, he was This is an unlikely pairing and there is much debate about the nature of their relationship. Although many people today presume their relationship was familial, we ultimately will never know what happened in their marriage behind closed doors.
Virginia and Maria had a stabilizing effect on Poe. He seemed to be more responsible and happier during the years when they were with him. Starting in while living in Philadelphia, he enjoyed his prime years of literature.
Poe was the first to write about an eccentric genius who solves mysterious crimes. Auguste Dupin, as the literary inspiration behind his character, Sherlock Holmes. Poe was also an early pioneer of science fiction. Interestingly, the majority of his stories are comedies. Poe wrote in many genres, but his contribution to horror is what makes him famous today.
Poe revolutionized the genre. He was one of the first to involve deep, intuitive, psychological horror. Had you let me return, my reformation had been sure—as my conduct the last 3 months gave every reason to believe—and you would never have heard more of my extravagances. But I am not about to proclaim myself guilty of all that has been alledged against me, and which I have hitherto endured, simply because I was too proud to reply. I will boldly say that it was wholly and entirely your own mistaken parsimony that caused all the difficulties in which I was involved while at Charlottesville.
I feel little hope that you will pay any regard to this letter, but still I cannot refrain from making one more attempt to interest you in my behalf.
If you will only consider in what a situation I am placed you will surely pity me—without friends, without any means, consequently of obtaining employment, I am perishing—absolutely perishing for want of aid. And yet I am not idle—nor addicted to any vice—nor have I committed any offence against society which would render me deserving of so hard a fate.
E A Poe. Explore This Park. Place of Birth:. Date of Birth:. Place of Death:. Date of Death:. Poe's mother died in , a year after his father abandoned the family. The Allans took him in as a foster child, adding their name in the middle of his original name of Edgar Poe.
In , the Allans had Poe baptized as an Episcopal, and in , the family sailed for England. Poe studied in Scotland and London for several years before returning to Virginia with the family in As Poe grew up, John Allan sometimes treated him well and sometimes severely disciplined him.
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