POE In today’s society, Edgar Allan Poe would be labeled as an unstable individual coming from a broken home. At the age of one, Poe’s father deserted his family and a year after his mother died, as the result of abandonment he was taken in by a Richmond merchant known as John Allan. The Allan family took Poe to England in 1815 where he spent the next five years attending good schools. On his …showed first 75 words of 1044 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1044 total…death, or maybe he let his imagination take control. Poe is a well known author for horror, terror, and abnormal imagination, Vincent Buranelli of the self titled “Edgar Allan Poe,” quotes him as being the most complex personality in the entire gallery of American authors. (17) Poe’s use of irony throughout his literature is well thought out and discreet which makes him an unbelievable creator and unsurprisingly his literary achievement is admired and applauded universally.