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Poe was found unconscious on Lombard St. in Baltimore. He died of unknown
causes in Washington College Hospital on October 7.
Murder: Poe was rumored be strongly affected by alcohol, and since Poe was
very disrespectful he might have unknowingly said something to offend
someone.
Cooping: Poe was found on election day. He could possibly been dressed up
differently and bribed to vote for the same person multiple times. If he did not
do this job correctly he could have been beaten and suffered from brain
trauma.
Brain Tumor: After being dug up from his grave, there was rattling in his skull
which might have been a tumor.
Rabies: Maryland Medical Journal claimed that Poe could have gotten rabies
after being bitten by a bat.
Alcoholism: If Poe consumed even a small amount of alcohol his personality
changed. Some theories believe that because of Virginia’s death, Poe turned to
alcohol for comfort.
Most Possible Theory
• The most possible theory of Poe’s death is a
brain tumor. When examining Poe’s skull the
examiners heard a rattling inside, possibly
indicating a tumor. Also, since alcohol clouds
people’s thoughts, Poe’s unusual effects from
Alcohol might had worsened the tumor.
Adopted
• Edgar Poe’s father, David Poe, abandoned the
family shortly after Poe’s birth
• His mother, Elizabeth Arnold, died while Poe
was only two
• Having no parents, Poe was “adopted” and
raised by John and Frances Allan (there were
no papers covering his adoption)
Baltimore
• Having no money and out of a job, Poe
enlisted in the military as Edgar A. Perry in
1827
• After two years of service he was dismissed at
the rank of sergeant and travelled to
Baltimore
• There he lived with his aunt and his cousin
Virginia.
Clemm
• While living in Baltimore Poe stayed with his
Aunt, Maria Poe Clemm, and his cousin and
future wife, Virginia Eliza Clemm.
• After being dismissed from West Point
without money or a home to go back to, Poe
stayed with them and began to pursue his
writing career.
Death
• Date: October 7, 1849
• Poe was discovered lying unconscious outside
of Ryan’s saloon on Lombard St. in Baltimore
on October 2. Poe was taken to Washington
college hospital, and died nine days later. He
was 40 years old.
• Today it is still a mystery how he died, possible
theories are drug abuse, vascular disorder,
mental illness, epilepsy and even murder!
• His last words were, “Lord help my poor soul”.
Editor
• Poe held many editing positions
• First, the Southern Literary
Messenger from December, 1835 to
January, 1837.
• When he moved to Philadelphia he
worked for Burton’s Gentleman’s
Magazine
• Later he worked on Graham’s
Magazine from April, 1841 to May,
1842.
F- Fame
• After leaving the University of Virginia, Poe published
Tamerlane and Other Poems.
• Poe’s second book called Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and
Minor Poems.
• After Poe left West Point in 1831 he wrote, Poems by
Edgar Allan Poe, Second Edition.
• While living with Mary Poe Clemm in Baltimore, Poe
started writing prose tales that were featured in the
Philadelphia Sunday Courier in 1832.
• In 1840, Poe published Tales of the Grotesque and
Arabesque in two volumes in Philadelphia.
• In 1845, Poe published his most famous poem, The
Raven, which became widely popular. By 1845, Wiley
and Putnam published Tales by Edgar A. Poe and The
Raven and Other Poems.
Gothic
• Poe’s style of writing was called Gothic.
• Gothic writing also known as horror, includes
stories with paranormal events, murders, and
mysteries.
Horror
• Horror was another one of Poe’s themes for
writing
• Most of Poe’s stories feature horror such as
murder, loosing your mind, mystery and
darkness
Inspiration
• Poe’s inspiration for his stories came from his
wife and from lifetime events such as:
Death of his parents
Virginia having tuberculosis
Mental illness
Drug abuse
Being a social misfit
Jobs
• One of Poe’s main personalities is his
disrespect for the people in authority
• For this reason he never held the same job for
more than two years
• Poe was dismissed from West Point for
disrespecting the rules and dress code
Knowledge
• After attending private schools in
England and Richmond, Poe
enrolled in the University of
Virginia on February 14, 1826
• His grades where exceptionally
high.
• John Allan did not send money to
pay off Edgar’s debts, forcing Poe
to quit school and get a job
Lenore
• The death of the girl, Lenore, was featured most
famously in Edgar Allan Poe’s poems The Raven and
Lenore.
• Lenore was obviously created in mourning of his
beloved wife Virginia.
• The Raven was inspired by Poe mourning Virginia,
and Lenore was about the time right after she died.
• “That did to death the innocence that died, so
young?” (Lenore, line 12)
Money
• Having financial issues, Poe turned to
gambling for money
• He was shunned by Allan for gambling
• He got paid little for his poetry
• Always quitting or being fired from his several
jobs
Nevermore
• One of the most famous parts of the poem
The Raven is when the raven says
“nevermore”. This line Is probably the most
famous line by Edgar Allan Poe.
October
• October 2, 1849: Poe is found unconscious
outside of Ryan’s Saloon in Baltimore.
• October 7,1849: Poe dies of “brain failure” in
Washington College Hospital. However his
cause of death is still a mystery.
Poe
• Edgar Allan Poe was one of three children of
David and Elizabeth Poe.
• David abandoned the family after Edgar’s birth
• Elizabeth died before Poe was three
• In Richmond, Virginia, Poe was taken in by the
wealthy tobacco merchant John Allan and his
wife Frances.
• There are no official records of Poe’s adoption
Quarrel
• While attending the University of Virginia, Poe
got into a tremendous amount of debt from
gambling.
• His adopted father, John Allan refused to pay
off his debts.
• After Poe was dismissed from West Point, in
1831, his father permanently disowned him.
After John Allan’s death Edgar was not
mentioned in his will.
The Raven
• Narrative poem first published in 1845
• Its plot is on a talking raven visiting a
depressed man mourning the loss of a girl
named Lenore
• “Quoth the Raven ‘Nevermore’” (line 48)
Southern Literary Messenger
• In 1835, Poe began to edit the Southern
Literary Messenger for Thomas White.
Tamerlane
• The first poetry
book that he
published, was a
privately published
volume -Tamerlane
and Other Poems,
in 1827.
Tragic
• 1846 was Edgar
Poe’s most
disastrous year
• The Broadway
Journal failed
• His wife, Virginia,
died on January 30,
1847 of tuberculosis
Unstable
• Countless theories show that Edgar Allen Poe
experienced mental instability throughout his
life
• Theories include:
- drug abuse
- mental illness
- sleep disorders
- depression.
Virginia
• On May 16, 1836, Poe married his young
cousin, Virginia Clemm, in Richmond.
• In 1847, Virginia died of tuberculosis after
they were married for only 11 years.
West Point
• Upon staying with his aunt, Poe was
selected to join the U.S. Military Academy,
West Point
• While attending W. P. Poe published his
second book of poetry in 1829
• On March 6, 1831 he was dismissed from
the Academy.
X-ing A Paragrab
• “AS it is well known that the 'wise men' came
'from the East,' and as Mr. Touch-and-go Bullethead came from the East, it follows that Mr.
Bullet-head was a wise man…” (paragraph 1)
Youth
• Some poems written in Poe’s youngest years
as an author are:
- Al Aaraaf
- Tamerlane
- A Journey Within A Dream
- To The River
Zante
• Fair isle, that from the fairest of all flowers,
Thy gentlest of all gentle names dost take!
How many memories of what radiant hours
At sight of thee and thine at once awake!
How many scenes of what departed bliss!
How many thoughts of what entombed hopes!
How many visions of a maiden that is
No more-no more upon thy verdant slopes!
No more! alas, that magical sad sound
Transforming all! Thy charms shall please no moreThy memory no more! Accursed ground
Henceforth I hold thy flower-enameled shore,
O hyacinthine isle! O purple Zante!
"Isola d'oro! Fior di Levante!“ – published 1837
Born January 19,
1809. His parents
were actors. Later
that year his father
abandoned him,
his mother, and
two siblings
TIMELINE
1827: Poe
published his first
volume, Tamerlane
and Other Poems
1810
1829: Poe
enrolls in
West Point
until 1831
1820
1811: after his
mother dies of
tuberculosis Poe
was taken in by
John and
Frances Allan
1838: Poe moved
to Philadelphia and
lived there for 6
years
1830
May 26, 1829, in
Boston, Poe
enlisted in the
Army under the
name Edgar A.
Perry
1836: Poe marries
his young cousin
Virginia
Timeline Continued
1847: Virginia
dies of
tuberculosis
1840
1845: Poe published
The Raven and
became widely known
1850
1849: Poe dies
mysteriously in
Baltimore, Washington
College Hospital.
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