In this essay I will discus the life of Poe and how it impacted his work. I will explore several stages of his life and discuss their significance. Also I will try and link if anything substantial happen in his life at the time of a particular writing a piece. The works I will explore are “The Raven”, “The Fall of the House of Usher” and “The Man of the Crowd”. Poe’s life was …showed first 75 words of 3609 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3609 total…hurt through his stories and poems and that is how his life effected his work. For the most part Poe’s life was his work in a abstract form. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Harrison, James A. Life of Edgar Allan Poe. New York: Haskell House Publishers, 1903 Levin, Harry The Power of Blackness. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970 Lloyd, J The Murder of Edgar Allen Poe. London: Stanley Paul, 1928 Winwar, Frances The Haunted Palace. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1959