The Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe's Works

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The Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe’s Works

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Mohamed Abdel Raouf

900-00-1018

Course: ECLT 113

Instructor: Dr. Valerie Farag

Section: 14

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The Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe’s Works.

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Thesis Statement:

Edgar Allan Poe is considered to be one of the greatest and most brilliant American writers in history. Many people considered him the first master of the short story form, and the father of the mysterious and the modern detective stories.

Outline:

  1. An Introduction to Poe life and works.
  1. Due to Poe’s great works, many writers were influenced by these works.
  1. The early life of Poe and how it affected his life.
  1. His parents died so Allan raised him up.
  2. Allan ill-treated him and this affected his life and works afterwards.
  3. Poe’s education in England enriched his knowledge.
  4. Poe joined the University of Virginian and the army afterwards.
  1. What affected the works of Poe.
  1. Learning a lot of language enabled Poe from knowing different nations cultures and literature.
  2. Poe was good at the field of Art as well.
  3. Poe read to famous philosophers.
  1. Analysis of the stories and poems of Poe.
  1. Poe was a talented writer.
  2. He excelled in poetry and in fiction and detective stories.
  1. Poe excelled in the field of detective stories, as he was the inventor of the short detective story.
  1. Many famous writers based their characters on Poe’s stories.
  2. “The Murders in The Rue Morgue” an example to show the excellence of Poe in the filed of Short story.
  3. Another detective story: “The Purloined Letter”.
  1. The life of this great writer ended in New York after amusing the readers by his great works.

ECLT 113                                                                 Mohamed Abdel Raouf

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The Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe’s Works

Edgar Allan Poe is considered to be one of the greatest and most brilliant American writers in history. Many people considered him the father of the mysterious modern detective story, and the master of the short story form. The Works of this famous writer were remarkable to their flawless literary construction and for their haunting themes (The Columbia Encyclopedia). Jeffrey Meyers states that this great writer was considered to be the first American Writer whose personal reputation influenced the reception of his work. He was also the only nineteenth century American writer whose poems and novels were valued more highly in Europe than in his homeland. However, In spite of all his great works, it was argued that the creator of these hallucinating murders and that horror atmosphere must himself be evil, to have so evil imagination (258).

Edgar Allan Poe’s life is considered to be a story of misery and oddness. Edgar Allan Poe, the greatest writer that was ever born in the American history, was born in Boston on January 19, 1809. His parents whom were touring actors, both died in Poe's early childhood, and the little boy Edgar Allan Poe was raised by a rich man whom was called John Allan (Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia). Edgar had a brother whom was rover and a sister that have seemed to be mentally retarded (Rieselbach 1), that is probably the reason why it was said afterwards that all the horrifying works of Poe were a result of an unstable mind. John Allan was a successful businessman from Richmond, whom was working in the merchandise. Nevertheless, he ill-treated Edgar and confused the poor Edgar by alternately spoiling and scolding him. Edgar was taken to England to attend private schools there. Edgar was affected by the travels that the Allan's made in England. Many Poe's weird stories reflect his own experience like "Why the Little Frenchman" took place in towns where he had lived and “A Tale of The Ragged Mountains” took place in Charlottesville (Meyers 8+). Furthermore, his poems reflected his miserable life with the Allan’s and his rift with them (Poe and Richmond). This proves that Poe have been taking his ideas and thoughts for his novels and poems from his own miserable life, that may be the cause of his invention of those horrible and horrifying prospects in his short stories and novels.  

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After staying in England more than thirteen years, Edgar was more sophisticated and cosmopolitan, and far better educated than his mates in Richmond (Meyers 14). The education of Edgar in England had a great effect on him as this education widened his horizon of writing, as he read in his childhood many books and novels to great writers. Poe returned to the United States and entered the University of Virginia. Allan gave him too little money to pay for his classes (Rieselbach 1). Nevertheless, he showed remarkable scholastic ability in classical and romance languages but was forced to leave the ...

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