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| poe was born in ? in the year ? |
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| he was orphaned by age two when his ? deserted the family and his ? died of tuberculosis |
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| young poe was taken in by ? a prosperous richmond virginia couple, which is where he got his ? |
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john & francis allan
middle name |
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| from 1815-1820, poe attended school in ? and at age 17, he entered the ? |
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england
university of virginia |
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| with his own money, in 1827, poe had his first book of poetry published, entitled ? |
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| tamerlane and other poems |
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| after leaving college, poe briefly served in the ? until his relationship with mr.allan temporarily improved slightly and mr.allan used his influenece to get his foster son into ? |
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| when francis allan died in 1830 of ?, poe's relationship with mr.allan, already strained and deteriorating, ended. |
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| of his failed relationship with mr.allan, poe later wrote: ? |
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| "the want of parental affection has been the heaviest of my trials" |
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| in the early 1830's, poe moved to ? to the home of his ? and her daughter ? |
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baltimore
aunt maria clemm
virginia |
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| he, soon after, turned away from poetry and began writing ? which could possibly earn more money |
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| in 1835, poe became the ? of an important literary publication called the southern literary messenger |
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| as editor and literary critic, poe developed a ? and earned societal respect |
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| while married to virginia, poe produced many of his finest works including ?, ?, and ? |
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"ligeia"
"the fall of house of usher"
"william winson" |
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| in 1845, poe published his most popular work ?, which established his reputation as a talente literary artist |
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| in 1847, tragedy struck poe once again when his ? died of tuberculosis she had battled for five years |
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| on ? poe was found unconscious and delirious in an alley |
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| his last words were believed to have been ? |
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| the ? became for poe an escape from the ? and a passage to the inner world of a ? |
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imagination
actual
different reality |
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| two characteristics of poe's poem are: ? and ? |
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unreal atmosphere
musical effect |
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| poe believed literature should effect the ? of the reader not ? or intellectualize |
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| poe is considered the inventor of the ? |
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| his short story ? is the first of this type |
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| "the murders in the rue morgues" |
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? = literary material selected for its strangeness and appeal to the ?
example is - ? |
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arabesque
sense of wonder
"a premature burial" |
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| ? = literary material selected for its strangeness and appeal to the ? |
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grotesque
sense of horror |
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