Edgar Allan Poe’s Life – Flashcards
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When was Edgar Allan Poe born?
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January 19, 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Parents
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Elizabeth and David
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Siblings
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Henry and Rosie
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Edgar Allan Poe's financial status
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poor
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What major events happened to Poe when he was three years old?
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His father left him, his mother died on December 8th and 3 days later he received news that his father had died pronouncing him an orphan. Also, he was later spectated from his siblings.
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Who were Poe's adoptive parents?
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John and Frances Allan
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John Allan's occupation
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A successful tobacco merchant
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Where did Poe live after his parent's death?
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Richmond, Virginia
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Which adoptive parent was Poe close with
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Frances Allan
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Where did Poe later move to?
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England
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Which of his adoptive parents died first?
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Frances
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When did Poe start writing poems?
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At an early age in the back of John Allan's business papers
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When did Poe write his first official poem?
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At the age of 15
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What college did Poe go to?
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University of Virginia in 1826.
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What was the result of Poe not having enough funding for college?
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He turned to gambling.
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Who was Poe's fiancé?
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Elmira Royster who had left him and gotten engaged with someone else.
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What did Poe do after Elmira Royster had left him and gotten engaged with someone else.
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Poe left the Allan's.
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What were some of Poe's life experiences that affected his writing?
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Abandoned by his father, orphaned at 3 years old, separated from his siblings, really poor, but most of all, the loss of all the important women in his life (his mother his adoptive mother his fiancé and his wife)
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What genre did Poe write in?
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Mystery and Horror
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Poe was known for being who?
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The Father of Modern Detective Stories
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What were Poe's overall subjects in his writing?
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Bad Omens and death
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What was Poe's favorite animal?
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Cats
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Who did Poe influence?
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Ray Bradbury, Stephen King, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
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How did Poe influence Ray Bradbury?
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In one of his poems, The Exile, Poe appears in the story as one of the characters Poe also appears in several of his short stories and his Halloween article His Usher II, a part of the chronology of the Martian Chronicles, was based off of Edgar Allan Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher
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How did Poe influence Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?
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He was influenced by Poe largely because Poe was "The Father of Modern Detective Stories". He wrote Sherlock, the most famous detective story in the whole world. He based Sherlock Holmes off of Dupin, a character in Poe's stories.
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How did Poe Influence Stephen King?
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King was influenced mostly by Poe's horror and crime stories. In an interview by Phil Konstantin, King said that when he read the The Tell Tale Heart the description of the horror was so spot on that it made him terrified, but at the same time happy.
