Life of Poe

Best known for his poems and short fiction, Edgar Allan Poe, born in Boston, Jan. 19, 1809, died Oct. 7, 1849 in Baltimore, deserves more credit than any other writer for the transformation of the short story from tale to art. He virtually created the detective story and perfected the psychological thriller. To others, Edgar Allan Poe was a writer noted for consistencies in the common motifs of his works, and his focus on the conflict between good and …

…was given by the Baltimore Saturday Visitor. Two years latter his aunt, Virginia and himself moved to Richmond where he became editor of the Southern Literary Messenger and married Virginia, who was not yet 14 years old. Edgar and his new wife moved around to New York and Philadelphia, where he was trying to establish a name in literary journalism but without any major success. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Levin, Harry: The Power of Blackness: Hawthorne, Poe, Melville (1958)