edgar allam poe (eap)was born in boston, massachusets in 1809. both o his parrents has died by the time he was 3. he was adopted by mr. and mrs. john allan of richmond, virginia where he lived until 1827. he was sent to school in england. poe then spend a year in the university o virginia before he enlisted in the army. between 1833 he he won a short competition. he latere worked on magazines in richmond, ny and philadelfia. whiting stories, poems, essays, and the book reviews. many o the most famous stories including "the fall of the house of the usher," where whiten in or this magazines. he won another short story competition with "the gold bug" in 1843. it was at this time that poe first developed the mystery story, including "the murders of the rue morgue". by janurary of 1845, when his poem "the raven" was published, EAP had become the most talked-about writer o this time. he died in october of 1849.

EAP is stil cosidered one of the gratests american writers his short stories are famous all over the world. these stories have earned him the title of father of the Short Story in america.

EAP is also the father o the Datective Story. his detective, Duplin, later became a model for another famous detective, sherlock holmes, created by artur conan doyle.

EAP also wrote some of the gratest poetry in american litereture. his poems are full of magic, mistery, melody, and beautiful sounds.

finally, the literary essays and book reviews he wrote have won EAP another title, Father of Litereacy Criticism in America.

THIS IS THE LIFE OF EAP. I GOT IT FROM THE GLOBE BOOK COMAPNY. I TYPED THIS BECAUSE I HAVE HEARD OF SO MANY PEOPLE SAING THAT THEY NEED A BOOK REVIW ABOUT THE LIFE OF EAP. PLEASE RESPOND MY QUESTION IN CAPSLOCK W/ THE TITLE="I NEED TO ANSWER SOME QUSTIONS ON A DESCENT INTO THE MAELSTROM AS SOON AS POSIBLE"THANX FelipeCadavid

-- Anonymous, April 17, 2003

Answers

I am puzzled that someone who can take the time to type all that can't get the answers from a careful reading of the text(online at www.eapoe.org). For the Maelstrom questions you can even skim the text and find the answers needed. E-mail me if there really is some problem. I have seen much crueler and vague teacher questions than these fact checkers.

For extra credit the actual, not so dramatic Maelstrom whirlpool is detailed at the Norwegian website for those islands. Poe revisits this general area in the very last unfinished story he wrote called "The Lighthouse".

-- Anonymous, April 17, 2003

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-- Anonymous, May 17, 2004

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-- Anonymous, May 17, 2004

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-- Anonymous, June 01, 2004

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-- Anonymous, November 10, 2004