1. Edgar Allan Poe

2. Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
American author best known for his dark and ominous short stories and poems.
Poe experienced tragedy in his life.
He was born into poverty;
father was an alcoholic who left when Edgar was young, died soon after
his mother died of tuberculosis
his foster mother and his wife died
brother died
lived and died in poverty.

3. Edgar Allan Poe
1st Wife - Virginia Eliza Clemm who was his 13 year old cousin
She died 9 years later causing Poe to drink a lot and display erratic behavior
Remarried another teenager (Elmira Royster) a year later

4. Edgar Allan Poe Works show an obsession with death and violence
Many works deal with psychological torture rather than graphic horror

5. Edgar Allan Poe Conflicting Accounts of how he died Alcoholism Murder
Disease
What we do know is that he was found unconscious (probably drunk) in the street and was taken to a hospital but he never woke.

6. Edgar Allan Poe
What we do know is that he was found unconscious (probably drunk) in the street and was taken to a hospital but he never woke.