“From childhood 's hour, I have not been as others were. I have not seen as others saw. I could not bring my passions from a common. And all I loved- I loved alone.” (Creagh) Edgar Allan Poe had experienced many difficult things during his lifetime. He had many accomplishments like his story, “The Raven,” and “Annabel Lee.” Although Edgar Allan Poe was plagued by depression and conflict in his childhood, and had much controversy in his adult life, he used these experiences to help him become one of the world’s most renowned horror writer of all times. Edgar Allan Poe’s childhood was quite different than the normal childhood of children during his time. Edgar Poe was born on January 19th, 1809. He was born into a family of actors. The mother …show more content…
Edgar first started writing when he was younger. He mainly wrote short stories, none like those in his adult life. Writing was always something Edgar loved. He did stop writing for a while while in the military, but after leaving military school he got back into writing, mostly as a harsh critic in newspapers and magazines. His critiques in the papers and magazines were so harsh and rude that people started calling him the Tomahawk man , but sadly writing in magazines and newspapers barely earned Edgar enough money to live on. In 1840, though, Edgar had finally saved up enough money to publish his first book, Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque. Edgar planned on this book being a huge success, yet people ended up thinking that Poe was on drugs because of the odd stories in the book. Edgar later realized that he was more appreciated for his critiques in magazines than his books of his own stories. His critiques were quite harsh and made many writers of the time start to hate Edgar, like the writer Griswold for example. Poe was very rude in Griswold’s review that he swore that he would get revenge on Poe. Edgar, though, didn’t want to just be a critic, but instead a magazine owner. This dream only happened once, but didn’t last long. Edgar was named the owner of the Broadway Journal at age 36. Edgar was soon fired from his ownership. Edgar did get to publish a few of his stories. He published a series of stories in a magazine, and The Raven, in 1849. He was only paid fifteen dollars for his first publishing. People respect his writing much more today than they did back then.