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1809

1810

Poe's Parents split when he is 1 year old. His mother, Elizabeth, takes the children.

Fun Fact!

Edgar had two siblings, Henry and Rosalie Poe

1811

1812

1815

1826

Fun Fact!:

Edgar gambled away whatever money the Allan’s would send him while he was at the University of Virginia he was eventually kicked out.

1827

Fun Fact!:

Poe enlisted in the army as Edgar. A. Perry

1836

1840

1843

1845

Fun Fact!:

Poe originally wanted to use a parrot instead of a raven, but he thought it didn’t evoke the right tone.

Fun Fact!:

Edgar’s one and only novel "Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket" was about a boat capsizing and the crew members drawing straws for who would be eaten; they drew straws and ate Richard Parker. The book bombed. Even though Poe said it was a true story, in his time most of the critics didn’t believe him. They were right to think so because at the time Poe’s book wasn’t true, but then in 1884 there was a shipwreck where there was cannibalism, and the one who was eaten was indeed Richard Parker.

1847

1849

Boston

New York City

Philadelphia

Moves to Philadelphia in 1838 and lives there for six years. Publishes many short stories while he was there.

Baltimore

Richmond

He lived in Virginia with his foster family. He went to the University of Charlottesville.

Stephen King and Edgar Poe

“He wasn’t just a mystery/suspense writer,” adds the author many fans would describe as the modern Poe, Stephen King. “He was the first.”

Comparisons can be made between everyone in the world, whether it be a man, woman, child, or animal. In this sense, one can compare authors, such as their lives, their styles of writing, and their pieces of literature. There are many similarities and differences between Edgar Allan Poe and Stephen King. These similarities and differences include what they focus on in their writings, how they write, and what they believe in. The lives and beliefs of Edgar Allan Poe and Stephen King can be shown in the pieces they wrote.

Edgar Allan Poe and Stephen King have similar beliefs and similar items that their stories are about. But Poe and King focus on death and evil in their writings. In Poe's short story "Masque of the Red Death", there is a plague that was bestowed upon the world, killing endless amounts of lives. Some, such as Prince Prospero, took in certain people, mainly their closest friends, but even as they took refuge death inevitably prevailed and all were killed. Poe has focused on death in his pieces of literature because of his horrible life. Many who were close to him died, and most of his life he was forced to support himself. Stephen King also wrote a short story that focused on death. In his story "Man in the Black Suit", the main character, Gary, has an encounter with the Devil. Although he escapes, he states that still at the age of eighty-one, when the rest of society feels there is no reason to fear the Devil, he is deathly afraid. King focuses on death and evil because he likes to write about those sorts of things. Both King and Poe put common beliefs in the stories they write.

The End

Edgar Allan Poe Timeline

Poe moves to New York City struggled to find editorial work in the magazine business. He also writes his only novel titled "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket

Poe is born on January 19, 1809.

Edgar Allen Poe's childhood was spent in Baltimore. He also died there.

Virginia Poe dies of tuberculosis in Fordham, New York on January 30th

Poe enters the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville on February 14th

Poe’s "Prose Romances‍" is published in Philadelphia by William H. Graham.

At 27 Poe marries his cousin Virginia who is 13 on May 16th

The war of 1812 between the colonies and England begins

Poe is born in Boston on January 19th 1809

On October 7th Edgar Allan Poe dies in Baltimore in the Washington University Hospital.

At 6, Poe goes to school in England.

Poe’s most famous poem, “The Raven” is published in the New York Evening Mirror, where it becomes a sensational hit on January 29.

Poe's mother, Elizabeth, dies on December 8. Mr. John and Mrs. Frances Allan Adopt 2 year old Edgar Poe

David Poe, Edgar’s father, apparently dies within a few days of his wife. On December 10

Poe's "Journal of Julius Rodman" is mistaken as an actual account of an expedition and is noted in a document submitted to the U. S. Senate.

Poe feuds with Mr. Allan over some gambling debt Poe has, Mr. Allan refuses to help Poe then Poe leaves for his family in Baltimore

On May 26th, Poe enlists in the United States Army

Poe has his first book published

Fun Fact!:

Obsessed with cats, Edgar often wrote with a cat on his shoulder.

John Allan

Frances Allan

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