EDGAR ALLAN POE

His dad was an alcoholic and left his mother before Edgar was born. His mother died when he was 2 years old. He was ado ted by a rich Allan!s family. "hey mo#ed to England which was an ins iration for his writing. He had tro$bles with alcohol and had a lot of debts. He got merried with his %& years old co$sin. 'n %()* was fo$nd dr$n+ and dr$gged on the a#ement.

,riting
He wrote mostly horrors and he is fo$nder of the detecti#e genre. His most rec$rring themes deal with -$estions of death. incl$ding its hysical signs. the effects of decom osition. concerns of remat$re b$rial. the reanimation of the dead. and mo$rning. /any of his wor+s are generally considered art of the dar+ romanticism genre. The Black Cat 't is a short story where Poe analises the sychology of g$ilt. The Raven 't!s a narrati#e oem. 't!s a story abo$t an old men and his dead lo#e0 Lenore. At the beggining lyrical s$b1ect remember his lo#e Lenore. ,hen all of a s$dden he hear somebody!s +noc+ing on the door. He goes to o en the door b$t there!s nobody. "hen he finds o$t that it was a ra#en. 2$t this ra#en can tal+. he re eats the same fra3e 4Ne#eremore5 again and again. Poe $ses the ra#en as a symbol of ho elessness.