The Autobiographical Elements In The Works Of Edgar Allan Poe
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"There is no exquisite beauty without some strangeness in the
proportions" (Biography on Poe 8). Edgar Alan Poe endured a very difficult life
and this is evident in his literary style. He was once titled the "master of
the macabre." One of the aspects in his life with which he struggled was soc ....
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.... Rosalie. The family then moved and he was
separated from his older brother, who was left with relatives in Baltimore.
During those toddler years, Poe found his mother in the last stages of
tuberculosis. Upon her death, he was then separated from his younger sister,
Rosalie. Another major low point in his life was the death of his foster mother,
Mrs. Frances Allan, and his foster father disowning him, all at one time. The
most significant set-back to Edgar Allan Poe was the death of h ....
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