See also:

• EDGAR (EADGAR)
• EDGAR, or EADGAR (c. 1050-c. 1130)

EDGAR See also:

• ALLAN, DAVID (1744–1796)
• ALLAN, SIR HUGH (1810–1882)
• ALLAN, SIR WILLIAM (1782–1850)

ALLAN See also:

• EDGAR ALLAN POE (18og-1849)

POE (18og-1849)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American poet, writer of fiction and critic, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston, See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts, on the loth of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1809 . The See also:

• FAMILY

family was of See also:

• ENGLISH

English origin, but was settled in See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland, whence the poet's See also:

• GREAT

great-grandfather emigrated to See also:

• MARYLAND

Maryland . His grandfather, See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

David See also:

• POE, EDGAR ALLAN (18og-1849)

Poe, served with See also:

• CREDIT (Lat. credere, to believe)

credit as a soldier in the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

Independence, was known to See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington, on the See also:

• SOUTHERN

Southern See also:

• LITERARY

Literary Messenger of See also:

• RICHMOND
• RICHMOND, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• RICHMOND, LEGH (1772-1827)
• RICHMOND, SIR WILLIAM BLAKE (1842– )

Richmond, on the New and was the friend of See also:

• LAFAYETTE

Lafayette . His son David Poe was bred as a lawyer, but deeply offended his family by marrying an actress of English See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth, Mrs See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth See also:

• HOPKINS, EDWARD WASHBURN (1857— )
• HOPKINS, ESEK (1718-18oz)
• HOPKINS, MARK (1802—1887)
• HOPKINS, SAMUEL (1721–1803)
• HOPKINS, WILLIAM (1793–1866)

Hopkins,nee See also:

• ARNOLD
• ARNOLD, BENEDICT (1741-1801)
• ARNOLD, GOTTFRIED (1666-1714)
• ARNOLD, MATTHEW (1822-1888)
• ARNOLD, SAMUEL (1740--18o2)
• ARNOLD, SIR EDWIN (1832-1904)
• ARNOLD, THOMAS (1745-1842)

Arnold,and by himself going on the See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage . In 1811 he and his wife died, leaving three See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children—See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William, See also:

• EDGAR (EADGAR)
• EDGAR, or EADGAR (c. 1050-c. 1130)

Edgar, and a daughter Rosalie—wholly destitute . William died See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young, and Rosalie became mad . Edgar was adopted by See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• ALLAN, DAVID (1744–1796)
• ALLAN, SIR HUGH (1810–1882)
• ALLAN, SIR WILLIAM (1782–1850)

Allan, a See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant of Scottish ex-See also:

• TRACTION (Lat. trahere, to draw)

traction, seemingly at the See also:

• REQUEST, LETTERS OF

request of his wife, who was childless . The boy was indulged in every way, and encouraged to believe that he would inherit Mr Allan's See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune . Mr Allan, having come to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England in 1815, placed Edgar in a school at Stoke Newington, kept by a Dr Bransby . In 182o Mr Allan returned to Richmond, See also:

• VIRGINIA
• VIRGINIA, or VERGINIA
• VIRGINIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Virginia, and Edgar was first placed at school in the See also:

• TOWN

town and then sent to the university of Virginia at See also:

• CHARLOTTESVILLE

Charlottesville in 1826 . Here the effects of a very unwise training on a temperament of inherited neurotic tendency were soon seen . He was fond of athletics, and was a strong and ardent swimmer; but he See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed a See also:

• PASSION (post-classical Lat. passio, formed from pati, passus, to suffer, endure)

passion for gambling and drink .

His disorders made it necessary to remove him, and he was taken away by Mr Allan, who refused to pay his debts of See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour . He enlisted on the 26th of May 1827 at Boston, and served for two years in the See also:

• UNITED

United States See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army . As a soldier his conduct must have been exemplary, for he was promoted sergeant-See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major on the 1st of January 1829 . It is to be noted that throughout his See also:

• LIFE

life, when under orders, Poe could be a diligent and capable subordinate . In May 1829 Mr Allan secured his See also:

• DISCHARGE (adapted from the O. Fr. discharge, modern decharge, from a med. Lat. discargare, to unload, dis- and earn care, to load, cf. " charge ")

discharge from the army, and in 183o obtained a nomination for him to the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Point military See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

academy . As a student he showed considerable See also:

• FACULTY (through the French, from the Lat. facultas, ability to do anything, from facilis, easy, facere, to do; another form of the word in Lat. facilitas, facility, ease, keeps the original meaning)

faculty for See also:

• MATHEMATICS (Gr. /saBnµar1Kil, Sc. vOcvn or E7rlQTt'µn; from p iN.La, "learning" or "science ")

mathematics, but his aloofness prevented him from being popular with his comrades, and he neglected his See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty . When See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court-martialled he made no See also:

• ANSWER (derived from and, against, and the same root as swear)

answer to the charges, and was expelled on the 6th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1831 . Mr Allan's generosity was now exhausted . The See also:

• DEATH

death of his first wife in 1829 had doubtless removed an See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence favourable to Poe . A second See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage brought him children, and at his death in 1834 he See also:

• LEFT

left his adopted son nothing . A last See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting between the two, shortly before Mr Allan's death, led only to a See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of painful violence . In 1827 Poe had published his first See also:

• VOLUME

volume of See also:

• POETRY

poetry, Tamer-See also:

• LANE, EDWARD WILLIAM (1801–1876)
• LANE, JAMES HENRY (1814–1866)

lane and other Poems, at Boston .

He did not publish under his name, but as " A Bostonian." In 1831 he published a volume of Poems under his name at New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York . His life immediately after he left West Point is very obscure, but in 1833 he was living at See also:

• BALTIMORE
• BALTIMORE, GEORGE CALVERT, 1ST BARON (C. 1580—1632)

Baltimore with his paternal aunt, Mrs Clemm, who was throughout life his See also:

• PROTECTOR

protector, and, in so far as extreme poverty permitted, his support . In x833 he won a See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize of $See also:

• LOO (formerly called " Lanterloo," Fr. lanturlu, the refrain of a popular 17th-century song)

loo offered for the best See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story by the Baltimore Saturday Visitor . He would have won the prize for the best poem if the See also:

• JUDGES, THE BOOK OF

judges had not thought it wrong to give both rewards to one competitor . The story, MS. found in a See also:

• BOTTLE (Fr. bouteille, from a diminutive of the Lat. butta, a flask; cf. Eng. " butt ")

Bottle, is one of the most mediocre of his tales, but his success gave him an introduction to editors and publishers, who were attracted by his striking See also:

• PERSONAL

personal See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance and his See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• MANNERS, CHARLES (1857– )

manners, and were also touched by his See also:

• MANIFEST (Lat. manifestus, clear, open to view)

manifest poverty . From 1833 till his death he was employed on different magazines at Richmond, New York and See also:

• PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia . His famous poem " The See also:

• RAVEN (O.E. hrafn, ,Icel. hrafn, Dan. ravn, Du. raaf, Ger. Rabe)

Raven " was published first in 1845, and soon became extraordinarily popular; but Poe only got £2 for it . The facts of his life have been the subject of very See also:

• ILL

ill-judged controversy . The acrimonious See also:

• TONE, THEOBALD WOLFE (1763-1798)

tone of the See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

biography by See also:

• RUFUS, GAIUS VALGIUS
• RUFUS, LUCIUS VARIUS (c 74—14 B.c.)

Rufus See also:

• GRISWOLD, RUFUS WILMOT (1815–1857)

Griswold, prefixed to the first collected edition of his See also:

• WORKS

works in 185o, gave natural offence, and attempts have been made to show that the biographer was wrong as to the facts . But it is no real kindness to Poe's memory to deny the sad truth that he was subject to chronic alcoholism . He was not a boon See also:

• COMPANION (through the O. Fr. compaignon or compagnon, from the Late Lat. companio,—cum, with, and panis, bread,—one who shares meals with another; the word has been wrongly derived from the Late Lat. compagnus, one of the same pages or district)

companion, and never became callous to his See also:

• VICE

vice . When it seized him he drank raw See also:

• SPIRITS

spirits, and was disordered by a very little .

But when he was See also:

• FREE

free from the maddening influence of See also:

• ALCOHOL

alcohol he was See also:

• GENTLE (through the Fr. gentil, from Lat. gentilis, belonging to the same gens, or family)

gentle, well-bred, and a hard worker on the See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff of a See also:

• MAGAZINE

magazine, willing and able to write reviews, answer correspondents, See also:

• PRO

pro-See also:

• POUND
• POUND (2)—(a)

pound See also:

• RIDDLES (A.S. raedan, to interpret)

riddles or invent and solve cryptograms . His value as a contributor and sub-editor secured him successive engagements York Quarterly See also:

• REVIEW (Fr. revue, from revoir, to see again, Lat. re and videre)

Review, and on See also:

• GRAHAM, SIR GERALD (1831–1899)
• GRAHAM, SIR JAMES ROBERT GEORGE
• GRAHAM, SYLVESTER (1794-1851)
• GRAHAM, THOMAS (1805-1869)

Graham's Magazine at Philadelphia . It enabled him in 1843 to have a magazine of his own, the Stylus . His See also:

• MANIA

mania sooner or later See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke off all his engagements and ruined his own venture . In 1835 he married his See also:

• COUSIN (Fr. cousin, Ital. cugino, Late Lat. cosinus, perhaps a popular and familiar abbreviation of consobrinus, which has the same sense in classical Latin)
• COUSIN, JEAN (1500-1590)
• COUSIN, VICTOR (1792–1867)

cousin, Virginia Clemm, a beautiful girl of fourteen years of See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age . A false statement as to her age was made at the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of the marriage, She died after a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long decline in 1847 . Poe made two attempts to marry See also:

• WOMEN

women of fortune—Mrs See also:

• WHITMAN, MARCUS (1802-1847)
• WHITMAN, WALT (1819-1892)

Whitman and Mrs See also:

• SHELTON, THOMAS (fl. 1612-1620)

Shelton . The first of these engagements was broken off . The second was terminated by his death in See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital at Baltimore, Md., on the 7th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1849 . His life and death had many precedents, and will always recur among Bohemian men of letters and artists . What was individual in Poe, and what alone renders him memorable, was his narrow but profound and See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

• GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

genius (see AMERICAN LITERATURE) . In the midst of much hack-See also:

• WORK

work and not a few failures in his own See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field he produced a small See also:

• BODY

body of See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse, and a handful of See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short stories of rare and See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar excellence .

The poems See also:

• EXPRESS (through the French from the past participle of the Lat. exprimere, to press out, by transference used of representing objects in painting or sculpture, or of thoughts, &c. in words)

express a See also:

• MELANCHOLY (Gr. µe)tayXotia, from µEtas, black, and Xotii, bile)

melancholy sensuous emotion in a penetrating See also:

• MELODY (Gr. ,ueXw3ia, a choral song, from name, tune, and gi6i, song)

melody all his own . The stories give See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form to horror and fear with an exquisite exactness of See also:

• TOUCH (derived through Fr. toucher from a common Teutonic and Indo-Germanic root, cf. " tug," " tuck," O. H. Ger. zucchen, to twitch or draw)

touch, or construct and unravel mysteries with extreme dexterity . He was a conscientious literary artist who revised and perfected his work with care . His See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

criticism, though often See also:

• COMMONPLACE

commonplace and sometimes ill-natured, as when he attacked See also:

• LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH (1807-1882)

Longfellow for See also:

• PLAGIARISM

plagiarism, was trenchant and sagacious at his best .