![]() In October 1849 he was found semiconscious outside a polling place in Baltimore a few days later he died without regaining consciousness. But in 1846 the magazine went bankrupt, and in 1847, after years of suffering, Poe's wife died of consumption. He began to lecture, engaged in a celebrated feud with Longfellow, and became sole proprietor of his own magazine, Broadway Journal. Poe was already established as an author when, in 1845, the publication of "The Raven" made him famous. ![]() In 1835 Poe was chosen editor of the Southern Literary Messenger. In 1830, with his first book of poems already published, he entered West Point but was dishonorably discharged the next year. Allan sent him to the University of Virginia in 1826, but Poe withdrew because of gambling debts. ![]() ![]() Born in Boston in 1809 to itinerant actors, Poe was orphaned as an infant and sent to live with a Richmond merchant, John Allan. In his short, troubled life Edgar Allan Poe originated the mystery story, brought new psychological depth to the tale of horror, and made inimitable contributions to Romantic poetry and literary criticism. ![]() A selection of Poe's poetry and sixteen of his best-known tales, including "The Murders in the Rue Morgue,"The Fall of the House of Usher,"The Black Cat," and "The Pit and the Pendulum.". ![]()
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