slide show of Poe bio info

1. Edgar Allan Poe
1809-1849

2. Biographical Notes
 Orphaned at the age of two.
 Taken in, but never adopted by John Allan.
 Briefly attended University of Virginia, but had to
leave due to gambling debt.
 Allan refused to support him so he joined the
army.
 Briefly attended West Point, purposely earned
demerits so he would be expelled.
 Published a book of poetry with the financial
help of other cadets.

3. •Moved to Baltimore
to live with aunt and
her daughter Virginia.
•1833 - Married his 13
year old cousin
Virginia.
Virginia Clemens

4.  Earned a living as an
editor for various
literary magazines.
 Formulated literary
theories about short
stories.
 Considered the father
of the detective story
and the horror tale.

5.  Wife died of TB in 1847.
 Poe died in 1849 under mysterious
circumstances - found unconscious on a
street in Baltimore.
 We associate him with the city of
Baltimore.
 The Baltimore Ravens football team is
named after his poem, “The Raven.”

6. Poe said: There is no subject so fit for a
poem as the death of a beautiful woman.

7. The Poe Toaster
Since 1949, on the night of
the anniversary of
Poe's birth, a mysterious
stranger has entered
this cemetery and left as
tribute a partial bottle of
cognac and three roses on
Poe's grave.
The identity of the stranger,
referred to
affectionately as the Poe
Toaster, is unknown.