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Edgar Allen Poe was born in Boston on January 19,1809. ... Poe atteneded the University of Virgina,but only for a year due to his gambaling debts. ... It was in Richmond that Poe wrote his last poem, the melancholy "Annabel Lee.The relationship between Edgar Allan Poe and Rufus Wilmot Griswold (1815-1857) is complex and enigmatic, yet it is one of the essential keys to understanding Poe and his biographers. In one way or another, every biography of Poe written since 1849 has either relied on or been obliged to respond to Griswolds depictions of Poe in his "Ludwig" article and his "Memoir of the Author. ... By this time, Poe was already well known as a fearless and independent critic. ... To him, Poe was nothing more than a poor Southerner with an unimpressive smattering of education and an acid pen.
Approximate Word count = 699 Approximate Pages = 2.8 (250 words per page double spaced)
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