Edgar Allan Poe

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Edgar Allan Poe
Born in Boston, Massachusetts

• 1809-1849

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Edgar Allan Poe

• Education
• Poe went to a boarding school and letter went to
  the University of Virginia where he did very
  well.

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Edgar Allan Poe

• Family Background
• Poe's father and mother, both professional
  actors, died before the he was three and John and
  Frances Allan raised him as a foster child in
  Richmond, Virginia.

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Edgar Allan Poe
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Edgar Allan Poe

• 1) The Masque of the Red Death Published 1838
• 2) The Fall of the House of Usher Published 1839
  
• 3) The Murders in the Rue Morgue Published 1841
• 4) The Tell-Tale Heart Published 1843
• 5) The Raven Published 1845
• 6) The Cask of Amontillado Published 1847

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Edgar Allan Poe

• Influenced
• Poe influenced many poets of today with his
  unique style of writing.

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Work Cited

• http//encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/refarticle.
  aspx?refid761568650
• http//www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?45442B7C000C0
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• Microsoft Encarta 2001