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The turbulent life of Edgar Allan Poe, the last but not least made many enemies because of his alcohol consumption was significantly influenced by the rift with his foster father John Allan and the early deaths of several esteemed by him women. Since he failed to make the beloved poetry his livelihood, and he could not stand there as a soldier and officer at the Academy Westpoint long, he devoted himself increasingly to the publication of short stories for various magazines. As the de facto editor, he managed to leave by his witty reviews and essays the requirements to skyrocket. However, the hoped-for material wealth for himself and his wife Virginia, whom he married before their 14th birthday, and whose untimely death plunged him into a deep crisis, he was denied.
Despite the rather narrow, albeit very …show more content…
Not only did he put forward a first influential definition of this nascent genre, he also contributed significantly to the severity of the horror story. In short stories like The Tell-Tale Heart (1843), The Cask of Amontillado (1846) and The Fall of the House of Usher (1839) egomaniacal and often on the edge of madness standing male characters tell spooky stories that testify partly of Poe's penchant for supernatural happenings, partially as the offspring of the unreliable narrator psyche can be interpreted. These stories can be prepared by conventional moral standards not assessed and are open to a variety of interpretations; some of them are assessed as even satires on scarier. Due to his story The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1841) applies Poe also the inventor of the detective story (see. Also Kriminalroman). The introduction of the eccentric detective and his simple helper, the locked room-riddle of innocent suspects and the final long explanation of the detective, he also influenced in such The Purloined Letter (1845) and The Gold-Bug (1843) stories the development of this genre decisively
The turbulent life of Edgar Allan Poe, the last but not least made many enemies because of his alcohol consumption was significantly influenced by the rift with his foster father John Allan and the early deaths of several esteemed by him women. Since he failed to make the beloved poetry his livelihood, and he could not stand there as a soldier and officer at the Academy Westpoint long, he devoted himself increasingly to the publication of short stories for various magazines. As the de facto editor, he managed to leave by his witty reviews and essays the requirements to skyrocket. However, the hoped-for material wealth for himself and his wife Virginia, whom he married before their 14th birthday, and whose untimely death plunged him into a deep crisis, he was denied.
Despite the rather narrow, albeit very …show more content…
Not only did he put forward a first influential definition of this nascent genre, he also contributed significantly to the severity of the horror story. In short stories like The Tell-Tale Heart (1843), The Cask of Amontillado (1846) and The Fall of the House of Usher (1839) egomaniacal and often on the edge of madness standing male characters tell spooky stories that testify partly of Poe's penchant for supernatural happenings, partially as the offspring of the unreliable narrator psyche can be interpreted. These stories can be prepared by conventional moral standards not assessed and are open to a variety of interpretations; some of them are assessed as even satires on scarier. Due to his story The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1841) applies Poe also the inventor of the detective story (see. Also Kriminalroman). The introduction of the eccentric detective and his simple helper, the locked room-riddle of innocent suspects and the final long explanation of the detective, he also influenced in such The Purloined Letter (1845) and The Gold-Bug (1843) stories the development of this genre decisively