Biography A Dark Romantic (Darkness of the Mind) Childhood College Military Service Marriage Poems Prose

Childhood Born – Boston, MA 1809 Mother – Elizabeth Arnold (Actress-died when Edgar=2) Father – David Poe (left family, died) Taken in by John and Frances Allan of Richmond, Va. (Foster child) Wealthy tobacco merchant Wanted Edgar to follow in his footsteps

College University of Virginia No $$$ for tuition Solution? – Gambling University Debts - tuition “Gentleman” Debts – friends John Allan refused to pay Edgar’s debts Forced to leave the university

Military Service U.S. Army – E.A. Perry West Point (USMA) – purposefully was expelled Grief over death of Frances Allan Poor relationship between Edgar and John Allan

Marriage Virginia Clemm First Cousin Age 13 Eleven years of marriage Lived with her mother/his aunt Maria Died of Tuberculosis “Annabel Lee” is poem about Virginia

Poetry Annabel Lee The Raven The Bells Ulalume To Helen

Prose Tales of the Macabre Detective Stories Pit and Pendulum Fall of House of Usher Black Cat Telltale Heart Cask of Amontillado Masque of the Red Death The Oval Portrait Murders in the Rue Morgue The Gold Bug

Death Baltimore, MD October 7, 1849 Stumbled into Bar Mysterious Wearing another’s clothes Disoriented Taken to hospital Died Buried in unmarked grave Mysterious

Baltimore Presbyterian Cemetery Original Burial Spot Memorial to Poe

Grave Poe’s last words were: "Lord help my poor soul.“ He was buried in an unmarked grave. In 1875 a new monument to Poe was erected.  Walt Whitman was present at the dedication ceremony and letters from Longfellow, Whittier and Tennyson were read out. Several years later the remains of Virginia Clemm Poe (Poe's wife) were exhumed and brought from New York and added to those of Poe.

Gravestone Gravestone marks original site of Poe's unmarked grave. Erected in 1913 by Orin C Painter but was not in the right place. It was moved to its present  location in 1921.

The Poe Toaster Baltimore Presbyterian Churchyard January 19 (birthday) Mysterious visitor More than one Three red roses Half-empty Cognac Ended in 2009