... University of Virginia (Wilson, James 1). His strenuously warped childhood is reflected in many of his greatest works. Poe published his first volume of poetry, Tamerlane and Other Poems, in Boston after all ties were broken with his stepfather John Allan. While living in Boston, Poe decided to enlist in the Army in hopes of attending West Point, with no money or shelter ... failed to sell, and Poe became very ill. Edgar Allen Poe died on January 30, 1847 at the age of forty of a drinking related sickness. A despondent depressant Poe put his heart into every story he wrote, the result i...

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