edgar allan poe Flashcards
(44 cards)
pies name conjures up images of _____ and ______
horror and darkness
poe regards women as _______ figures
angelic
name of pies mother
iliza
what was her profession
actress
name of pies father_________. when did he leave his family
david poe jr and when poe was 1
how did poes mother die
tuberculosis
how how was his mother
24
how old was poe when his mother died
3
how did edger poe get his middle name allan
his adopted family’s last name
how did mr and mrs allan feel about poe
loved him and made him ready to be an adult
how did poes first love die
brain cancer
what university did poe attend. describe the university
virginia university and a while school, rough and tumble
poe was a great ______ and _______
writer and artist
why did poe leave the university
no money
poe enlisted in the army under the name _______
edger A. perry
what millitary academy did poe briefly attend
west point
poe moved to baltimore with ___________________
virginia and her mother
why wasn’t poe making much money writing
he had bad publishers and they thought his writing was too loud
what did john allan leave poe in his will
nothing
as an editor, what was poes nickname and why
tom a hawk, slashing reviews
what made poe realize that he was in love with his cousin virginia
ask someone
on the marriage certificate, what was virginias listed age
21
the themes of poes story are deeply rooted in ________
grim reality
what types of story did poe crest as a way to maintain order and logic in his life
invented the modern detective story
