1. Edgar Allan POE Anglický jazyk PaedDr. Magdaléna Čillová
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Edgar Allan POE
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31.Októbra 2014
PaedDr. Magdaléna Čillová

2. Edgar Allan Poe ( )

3. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts
The house which was his birthplace at 62 Carver Street no longer exists and the street has since been renamed "Charles Street South".

4. Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins Poe,
born in London
Frances
Valentine
Allan
John Allan
His father abandoned the family and his mother died. He was taken in by John and Frances Allan

5. In 1827, Poe enlisted in the United States Army
In 1827, Poe enlisted in the United States Army . He first served at Fort Independence, Boston.
The same year he released his first book of poems.

6. He continued his military career in West Point
He released his longest poem Al Aaraaf, based on stories from Qur’an

7. Poe secretly married Virginia Clemm,
his 13-year old cousin, on September 22, 1835.
The portrait of Virginia, drawn by Poe
Poe's letter to Mrs. Clemm not to postpone his marriage with Virginia

8. Later he started his career as a writer
He became an American author, poet, editor, and literary critic, he even started his own journal

9. Poe's best known fiction works are Gothic,he deals
The Black Cat
The Masque of the Red Death
Premature Burial
The Cask of Amontillado
Poe's best known fiction works are Gothic,he deals
with death,reanimation of death, premature burial
with

10. "Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend
"Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!" I shrieked, upstarting:
"Get thee back into the tempest and the Night's Plutonian shore!
Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken!
Leave my loneliness unbroken! quit the bust above my door! 100
Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!"
Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."
"The Raven" is a narrative poem famous for its musicality, stylized language and supernatural atmosphere

11. Poe has received not only praise, but criticism as well, but even so one copy of Tamerlane and Other Poems was sold at Christie's, New York for $662,500, a record price paid for a work of American literature.

12. Adding to the mystery surrounding Poe's death, every January 19, in the early hours of the morning, a person makes a toast of cognac to Poe's original grave (in Baltimore) and left three roses

13. Sources:
burusi.wordpress.com
alfius.blogspot.com
en.wikipedia.org
warriorsofmyth.wikia.com
observer.com

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