A Brief Biography of Victorian Author Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe’s importance as a main stature in literature is based upon his dark and thought provoking poems. His difficult life influenced his melancholy writings. Edgar Allan Poe was born January 19, 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts. His parent’s occupation was traveling actors. At the age of two, his father abandoned the family leaving young Poe without a father figure. Poe’s mother was poor, which resulted in him having an extremely hard childhood. His mother passed away as he was growing up and his foster parent John Allan, a wealthy Richmond tobacco merchant, took Poe into his household. Poe did not have the best relationship with John Allan, in fact he felt very uncertain about it. When Poe turned seventeen he attended the†¦show more content†¦The constant answer of â€Å"nevermore† sent the narrator in a frenzy, just as Poe knew Virginia would no longer come back and he turned to alcohol. At that moment the situation was made worse. The narrator is hoping when he dies he’s going to see Lenore in Heaven as Poe is hoping to see Virginia. When the raven says nevermore it gives the narrator idea that she possibly did not make it to Heaven, and he would not see Lenore anymore. Since Virginia was also known as Lenore, one could believe that Poe is relating to the poem to him seeing Virginia again in Heaven. Poe’s â€Å"The Raven† is the poem that stands out the most because in it, Poe determines it is some kind of messenger coming to Poe to answer whether he will ever see his love Lenore. Poe had many great poems and short stories such as â€Å"The Fall of the House of Usher†. This portrayed a dark and gloomy theme of the Usher family. The narrator approaches the house of Usher on a dark and quiet day at midnight. The narrator sees the house; it looks to have been absorbed by a wicked spirit and contaminated atmosphere from the rotting trees and unclear tarns in the area. Roderick was also the cause of the bad vibe the narrator got when he arrived at the house. He lost communication with the outside world and buried his sister alive. Their family had a hidden secret, which was incest. In the article Sprits of the Dead, Poe states, â€Å"The breeze—theShow MoreRelatedRomanticism in American Literature2283 Words   |  10 PagesGetting to Know Thoreau Poe Within this paper will be an explanation of the ideals of Romantic writers in Early American Literature. We will also look at some aspects of Romanticism that were uniquely understood by the writers and artists in the United States. There will be a brief discussion of â€Å"bright† and â€Å"dark† Romantic writing and it is there that we will look at the lives, and one poem each, of Henry David Thoreau, a â€Å"bright† romantic writer and Edgar Allan Poe, a â€Å"dark† romantic writerRead MoreSeminar: Literary Theory Applied to H.P. Lovecraft-Notably â€Å"the Beast in the Cave†6821 Words   |  28 PagesBuena VistA university | A Theoretical Analysis of H.P. Lovecraft’s â€Å"Beast in the Cave† | Senior Seminar | | Cory J. Dahlstrom | 7/28/2012 | H.P. Lovecraft has been called â€Å"one of the best, worst authors of our century.† In the following paper, I will explore his earliest work, â€Å"The Beast in the Cave,† a story written when he was around fifteen years old. I will explore its meanings and context through the lenses of reader response, deconstructionism, newRead MoreVictorian Novel9605 Words   |  39 PagesTHE VICTORIAN NOVEL SPIS TREÃ…Å¡CI INTRODUCTION 1 I THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NOVEL 2 II KEY AUTHORS 3 III KEY TEXTS 3 IV TOPICS 3 INTRODUCTION Many associate the word â€Å"Victorian† with images of over-dressed ladies and snooty gentlemen gathered in reading rooms. The idea of â€Å"manners† does sum up the social climate of middle-class England in the nineteenth century. However, if there is one transcending aspect to Victorian England life and society, that aspect is change. Nearly every institution of society