Symbols In Poe's Writing
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Richard Garcia
Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston on January 19, 1809. He was
born to a southern family that were in a Traveling company of actors. His
father David poe was from a Baltimore family. He was an actor by
profession and a Heavy drinker. Soon after Edgar Allan Poe was born, David
le ....
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.... other necessities. Poe became homesick. At
school he began to drink. Soon he was in debt for over two thousand
dollars. Poe discovered that he could not depend on his foster father for
any financial needs. John Allan refused to pay for any of Edgar's debts,
therefore he had to withdrawal from the University.
In May of 1827, Poe enlisted in the army as a common soldier. Poe
enlisted under the name of Edgar A. Perry. He was stationed on Sullivan's
Island in the Charleston Harbor for a li ....
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