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Edgar Allan Poe (Pay attention to the spelling of the middle name) was born in Boston on January 18,1812; and, technically, he is about as unSouthern as it's possible to be. However, he was raised in Richmond, Virginia, which is about as Southern as it gets.Indeed, he got that middle name from his foster father (John Allan), who finally kicked him out of the house for running up gambling debts at the University of Virginia. His first published work was Tamerlane & Other Poems (1827, Boston). He joined the Army during this time and was stationed in Charleston, South Carolina. In 1830 he was given an appointment to West Point, but within a year he was booted out for the minor infraction of not attending classes and drills. In 1835 he went to work in Richmond as a member of the staff of the Southern Literary Messenger, and the following year he married Virginia Clemm, his 13-year-old cousin.
In 1838 he published The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym (New York). For the next six years he lived in Philadelphia, working as an editor for both Burton's Gentlemen's Magazine and Graham's Magazine.
In 1840 Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque was published.
From 1844 until his death he lived in New York.
In 1845 he published what turned out to be his masterpiece: Tales; The Raven and Other Poems. Two years later Virginia Clemm died.
In 1849 he got drunk in Baltimore, was found in sad physical condition, was hospitalized. On October 7 he died.
A complete list of Poe's books:
Tamerlane and Other Poems (1827, first published collection of poetry)
"Wilmer" manuscript collection (about 1828, several poems in manuscript)
Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems (1829, Poe's second published collection of poetry)
Poems (1831, Poe's third published collection of poetry: Vol. I of Poems)
The Raven and Other Poems (1845, Poe's fourth published collection of poetry)
"Richmond Examiner" manuscript collection (late 1849, several poems for which the contents are recorded but the manuscripts apparently lost)
The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe (1850, Volume II: Poems and Miscellanies)
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