When Edgar passed away in 1849 he recieved a major help with his writings and work. Rufus Griswold wrote a biography about Edgar trying to discourage his name and destroy the reputation he had made for himself. When Poe was still alive and worked for magazine companies he would r=write reviews over other authors works. Poe was also known for being extremely harsh in his reviews and would more often than not give bad reports on the author. Poe wrote a review on Griswold and had the same review for him as he would for any other author he would review. Due to this event, Griswold did not favor Poe after his death and intended on destroying his career. However, when Griswold wrote this review he actually helped Poe gain fans and helped Poe come
