The trials and tribulations authors go through in their personal life have an effect on their choice of literature writing. Front and center without reasoning, Edgar Allan Poe was drawn to gothic fiction without even realizing. Throughout Poe’s work, he was able to conquer gothicism in every way possible from his premature work all the way up to award winning pieces for $50 to
$100. Edgar Allan Poe is the master of gothic fiction because his use intense emotions, cruel revenge, and the agony of loss.
Edgar Allan Poe is the mastermind of gothic fiction writing …show more content…
While growing up, Poe was faced with betrayal and hate by those who had been closest to him.
Young Poe was faced with a difficult upbringing when he and his mother were abandoned by his father within years of Poe’s birth. (quote)
With the loss of his father, Edgar Allan Poe was faced to be raised by his step father John Allan, both Edgar and John clashed time and time again creating tension between the two. (quote)
Thomas D. English happened to be one of Poe’s good friends turned enemy within time. Thomas
D. English owed a lot of his writing acknowledgment to Edgar Allan Poe, but never chose to acknowledge it. Poe used the relationship to inspire him to write a short story on how he would view English. (quote)
Edgar Allan Poe is the amazing writer of gothic fiction as he applies agony of loss.
In many of Poe’s writing he show the lack of a nurturing presence. At a young age, Edgar Allan
Poe’s mother, Eliza, lost her life to a long fight of tuberculosis, with such a tragic loss Edgar did not grow with the nurturing of his …show more content…
Frances died from a long time illness, which made Poe lose another nurturing mother who he believed was loved as if he was her true son.(quote)
Later in life, Edgar Allan Poe married his first cousin Virginia, which she eventually died from tuberculosis just as his own mother. (quote)
Edgar Allan Poe lacked the bond of a loving parent because of all the loss he faced throughout his life.
With Edgar Allan Poe’s tragic death, his work still roams in the 21st century proving that a magnificent gothic fiction writer still lives on even after being dead for 167 years. Poe touched the lives in many with his unique way of taking his life and turning it into a piece of art.
Although Edgar Allan Poe faced extreme situations, he was able to turn his obstacles into something more than just his own battles that will surpass his life. Edgar Allan Poe suffered loss, betrayal, hate, and being lonely throughout his life and he left earth with a mystery. Poe’s last words on his deathbed were “Lord help my poor soul!” Words for his last scream for help and his long life of a rollercoaster ride had came to an