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Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American original---a luminous literary theorist, an erratic genius, and an analyst of human obsession and compulsion par excellence. The scope of his literary achievements and the dramatic character of Poe's life have drawn readers and critics to him in... read more
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November 29, 1811. On the day after Thanksgiving, the Richmond Enquirer printed a plea for the citizens of the city to lend aid to one of its adopted daughters, Elizabeth Arnold Poe: "On this night," the paper read, "Mrs. Poe, lingering on the bed of disease and surrounded by her children, asks your assistance, and asks it perhaps for the last time."
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- James M. Hutchisson (Author)
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