He showed remarkable scholastic ability in classical and romance languages but was forced to leave the university after only eight months because of quarrels with Allan over his gambling debts. Poverty soon forced him to enlist in the army. Because of the deathbed plea of his foster mother, he...
An alien presence in the first generation of professional American authors, Edgar Allan Poe has fascinated generations of readers around the world while perplexing scholars. From the outset he overturned expectations and flouted conventions. The selfproclaimed need to "...
Allan and his wife Frances Allan, which is where the 'Allan' in Edgar Allan Poe originated. He studied at the University of Virginia for a year before financial issues forced him to quit. He moved to Boston and began writing for a newspaper. At 18 Edgar joined the army as a means for...
After only one year at the university, Edgar enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1827, under the assumed name of Edgar A. Perry. That year, he published his first book, Tamerlane and Other Poems. After serving for two years and attaining the rank of sergeant major, Poe was discharged. In ...
Edgar was taken in by a wealthy Richmond merchant, John Allan and his wife Frances. The other two children were taken in by foster parents. His brother William died young and his sister Rosalie later became insane. Poe was brought up partly in England, and then attended the University of...
Allan of Richmond, Virginia, took him in, though they did not adopt him legally. He was placed in schools in Allan’s home town in Scotland and then in England. On his return to the United States, he attended the University of Virginia for a year before deserting it with the claim ...
Quinn, Arthur Hobson.Edgar Allan Poe: A Critical Biography. Foreword by Shawn Rosenheim. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998. The classic biography of Poe, written with ample research and evident affection. It includes a generous sampling of the letters and a deft blending of the lif...
Edgar亚伦Poe学习了语言在弗吉尼亚和美国军校大学在西点; 然而,他从这些机关让步了或被遣散了在采取程度之前 (,虽然在西点他达到了军校学生等级。) 2013-05-23 12:24:58 回答:匿名Edgar Allan Poe 研究语言在弗吉尼亚大学和美国军事学院西点军校 ;然而,他撤回或遭辞退从这些机构之前考虑的程度 (虽然在西点他获得军...
Richmond elite. At sixteen, young Poe fell in love with Sarah Elmira Royster, to whom he became "engaged" without parental consent. In February 1826 Poe entered the University of Virginia, where he excelled in Greek, Latin, French, Spanish, and Italian. When his allowance from Allan did ...
HisfatherDavidPoeJr.died • HismotherElizabethHopkinsPoedied.EdgarwastakenintothehomeofaRichmondmerchantJohnAllan.HeattendedManorSchoolatStokeNewington.Hewroteseveralpoemswhenhewasastudent.Lateritbecomesthesettingforhisstory'WilliamWilson'.1826-18271828-1829 18301832-1833 PoeattendedtheUniversityofVirginia,...