Edgar Allan Poe was born January 19, 1809, in Boston, Massachusetts. Poe died October 7, 1849, in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1826 Poe attended the University of Virginia and in 1827, he joined the US Army. During the year of 1830-1831, he enrolled as a cadet in the United States Academy where he was later court-martialed for disobeying authority (Thomas and Jackson). In 1835, Poe entered one of his stories in a contest sponsored by the Baltimore Saturday Visiter that "won" him a prize ("Poe 's Life"). In 1836, at the age of twenty-six, Poe married his thirteen-year-old cousin Virginia Clemm ("Poe 's Life"). Poe moved to New York City in 1837 where he wrote his first novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym ( 'Chronology of the Life"). After his
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This story depicts madness, loss of a bloodline, and later loss of a home. Married to a woman without kids, Poe died at the age of Forty without anyone to leave his legacy (Poe 's Life). Poe lived in poverty and "much of Poe 's work was inspired by the events that happened around him" (Who Was Edgar Allan Poe). The anxiety of fear is present in this story letting us know that Poe was fearful of losing his legacy which was his home and bloodline. Poe wrote "The Fall of the House of Usher" two years after the Panic of 1837, this crisis shook the American economy, causing long-term effects with depression and lasting effects after that. This crisis was due to the downfall in real-estate and bank dealings ("Bubbles, Panics"). In 2007-2008 America experienced a Global Financial Crisis which derived from bad real estate dealing and banks expenditures(Shah). The Fall of the House of Usher illustrates the hurt and pain experienced by many during this Global Crisis. People lost their homes and poverty increased which lead to "depression or severe recession" (The Global Financial …show more content…
“Global Financial Crisis.” Global Financial Crisis - Global Issues, 2008, www.globalissues.org/article/768/global-financial-crisis. "Should the Government Allow Immigrants Who Are Here Illegally to Become US Citizens? - Illegal Immigration - ProCon.org." ProConorg Headlines, 24 May 2016, immigration.procon.org/view.answers.php?questionID=001362.
“Teachers.” Teachers | Edgar Allan Poe Museum, 2014, www.poemuseum.org/teachers-poes-literary.php. The Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore, Inc. The Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe. 1998. University of Iowa, Iowa City http://www.eapoe.org/works/mabbott/tominfo.htm. Accessed 3 December 2016. "Theatrical Trailer-The Fall of the House of Usher." Youtube, uploaded by Scream Factory TV, 07 October 2013, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0Xe7TdClbA.
Thomas, Dwight, and David K Jackson. “The Poe Log: A Documentary Life of Edgar Allan Poe, 1809-1849 (1987), Title Page and Table of Contents.” Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore - Bookshelf - The Poe Log (Thomas and Jackson, 1987) - Title and Contents, G.K.Hall &Amp; Co., 1987, www.eapoe.org/papers/misc1921/tplg00ca.htm.
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This story depicts madness, loss of a bloodline, and later loss of a home. Married to a woman without kids, Poe died at the age of Forty without anyone to leave his legacy (Poe 's Life). Poe lived in poverty and "much of Poe 's work was inspired by the events that happened around him" (Who Was Edgar Allan Poe). The anxiety of fear is present in this story letting us know that Poe was fearful of losing his legacy which was his home and bloodline. Poe wrote "The Fall of the House of Usher" two years after the Panic of 1837, this crisis shook the American economy, causing long-term effects with depression and lasting effects after that. This crisis was due to the downfall in real-estate and bank dealings ("Bubbles, Panics"). In 2007-2008 America experienced a Global Financial Crisis which derived from bad real estate dealing and banks expenditures(Shah). The Fall of the House of Usher illustrates the hurt and pain experienced by many during this Global Crisis. People lost their homes and poverty increased which lead to "depression or severe recession" (The Global Financial …show more content…
“Global Financial Crisis.” Global Financial Crisis - Global Issues, 2008, www.globalissues.org/article/768/global-financial-crisis. "Should the Government Allow Immigrants Who Are Here Illegally to Become US Citizens? - Illegal Immigration - ProCon.org." ProConorg Headlines, 24 May 2016, immigration.procon.org/view.answers.php?questionID=001362.
“Teachers.” Teachers | Edgar Allan Poe Museum, 2014, www.poemuseum.org/teachers-poes-literary.php. The Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore, Inc. The Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe. 1998. University of Iowa, Iowa City http://www.eapoe.org/works/mabbott/tominfo.htm. Accessed 3 December 2016. "Theatrical Trailer-The Fall of the House of Usher." Youtube, uploaded by Scream Factory TV, 07 October 2013, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0Xe7TdClbA.
Thomas, Dwight, and David K Jackson. “The Poe Log: A Documentary Life of Edgar Allan Poe, 1809-1849 (1987), Title Page and Table of Contents.” Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore - Bookshelf - The Poe Log (Thomas and Jackson, 1987) - Title and Contents, G.K.Hall &Amp; Co., 1987, www.eapoe.org/papers/misc1921/tplg00ca.htm.
“Who Was Edgar Allan Poe?” Who Was Edgar Allan Poe | Edgar Allan Poe Museum,