Edgar Allan Poe Influences

In Depth World of Literature Edgar Allan Poe once said, “Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dare to dream before.” This came from the author of the most horrifying, thrilling, and shocking books and poems. This quote proves how dedicated and in-depth emotions and feelings he puts into his writing. Poe was influential because he changed and even invented a new style of literature and, not only did he create a new genre of literature, but he influenced the authors of it.
On January 19, 1809 he was born in Boston Massachusetts (Edgar Allan Poe). Both of his parents were professional actors (Edgar Allan Poe). His dad, David Poe, had left the family (Edgar Allan Poe).

Edgar always got the best education because John always took him to the best schools in Richmond. Poe went to the University of Virginia where he had excelled extremely well (Edgar Allan Poe). Allan had given Poe a small allowance but later, Poe began to gamble and ran into a 2,500-dollar debt (Edgar Allan Poe). Allan stressed a lot on how he would pay his debts, so he began drinking (Edgar Allan Poe). His body could not take alcohol, so a very small amount would intoxicate him (Edgar Allan Poe). After a year in school, Allan pulled Poe out of the University (Edgar Allan Poe). In 1827 Poe left home and went to Boston. He convinced a printer to issue a couple of his early poems (Edgar Allan Poe). Eventually all of Poe’s money ran out so he enlisted in the army as Edgar A. Perry (Edgar Allan Poe). A couple months later, Poe’s stepmother, Frances Allan, had passed away and him and his father were temporarily reunited (Edgar Allan Poe). With the help of Allan, Poe was granted an honorable discharge from the army. Poe then went for an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. (Edgar Allan Poe). He waited for more than a year (Edgar Allan Poe). As he waited he

In 1830, he was bounded in as a west point cadet, but he hated almost everything about the school (Edgar Allan Poe). When his step-father remarried, Poe lost the chance of becoming his heir (Edgar Allan Poe). After eight months in the academy he was expelled (Edgar Allan Poe). The next four years, he struggled to earn a living as a writer (Edgar Allan Poe). He went back to Ms. Clemm’s, his step-fathers sister, home and submitted some of his short stories to local magazines (Edgar Allan Poe). In 1833 Poe entered a short-story contest and won 50 dollars (Edgar Allan Poe). In 1836, when Virginia was only 13 years old, Poe married her (Edgar Allan Poe). Poe struggled to make a living to support him and his new wife, he moved to New York City and Philadelphia but didn’t earn much. Over the years Poe went back and forth went from free-lance writing to editing but none of the jobs paid well. He even tried to publish hi own magazines but failed. Some of his best stories came from his editorial work. During his time of great publicity, his wife had started showing symptoms of tuberculosis (Edgar Allan Poe). In 1844,