Edgar Allan Poe

“All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.”

Brief Background

Born in Boston on January 19, 1809

When he was 3, his parents died and he was adopted into a wealthy family

Had dreams of being a writer like Lord Byron

Attended the University of Virginia

Died 2 years after his wife’s death in 1847 at the age of 40

Writing Career

Started out writing for Magazines and continued throughout his career

Wrote poems, short stories, plays, essays and fiction

Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque was his first book of short stories

Published his first poem “The Raven” in January 1845

“I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity”

Complete List of Poems

“Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.”

A Dream

A Dream Within A Dream

A Paean

A Valentine

Al Aaraaf

Alone

An Enigma

Annabel Lee

Bridal Ballad

Dreamland

Dreams

Eldorado

Eulalie

Evening Star

Fairyland

For Annie

Hymn

Hymn to Aristogeiton and Harmodius

Imitation

In Youth I Have Known One

Israfel

Lenore

Romance

Silence

Song

Sonnet: To Science

Spirits of the Dead

Tamerlane

The Bells

The City in the Sea

The Coliseum

The Conqueror Worm

The Forest Reverie

The Happiest Day

The Haunted Palace

The Lake

The Raven

The Sleeper

The Valley of Unrest

The Village Street

To - -

To F

To Frances S. Osgood

To Helen

To Isadore

To Marie Louise (Shew)

To My Mother

To One in Paradise

To The River

To Zante

Ulalume

Complete List of Short Stories

"The Angel of the Odd"

"The Balloon Hoax"

"Berenice"

"The Black Cat"

"The Cask of Amontillado"

"A Descent Into The Maelström"

"Eleonora"

"The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar"

"The Fall of the House of Usher"

"The Gold Bug"

"Hop-Frog"

"The Imp of the Perverse"

"The Island of the Fay"

"Ligeia"

"The Man of the Crowd"

"Manuscript Found in a Bottle"

"The Masque of the Red Death"

"Mesmeric Revelation"

"The Murders in the Rue Morgue"

"Never Bet the Devil Your Head"

"The Oval Portrait"

"The Pit and the Pendulum"

"The Premature Burial"

"The Purloined Letter"

"Silence - A Fable"

"Some Words With a Mummy"

"The Spectacles"

"The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether"

"The Tell-Tale Heart"

"William Wilson"

Other Works

Fiction The Narrative of

Arthur Gordon Pym

Plays Politian

Essays Philosophy of

Furniture The Poetic Principle Old English Poetry “Words have no power to

impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.”

References

http://www.poemuseum.org/life.php

http://www.poestories.com/stories.php

http://www.online-literature.com/poe/

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/e/edgar_allan_poe.html