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Edgar Allan Poe

Many authors have made great contributions to the world of
literature. Mark Twain introduced Americans to life on the
Mississippi. Thomas Hardy wrote on his pessimistic views of the
Victorian Age. Another author that influenced literature is Edgar
Allan Poe. Poe is known as the father of the American short story and
father of the detective story. To understand the literary
contributions of Edgar Allan Poe, one must look at his early life,
his literary life, and a summary of two of his famous works.

"Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston'' (Inglis 505) "on January
19, 1809'' (Asselineau 409). He was born to a southern family that
were in a traveling company of actors (Inglis 505). 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, he left his
family. Poe's mother, Elizabeth Arnold Poe, was a widow at the age of
eighteen. Two years after his birth, she died of......


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