The Influence Of Edgar Allen Poe's Life In His Short Stories

Although Edgar Allan Poe had many stories in the American gothic genre most of his readers did not know his life was quite the same as his stories. After the death of Poe’s wife in 1847 his stories would have the death of a young wife frequently. Poe would sometimes have events in his life in his short stories, Poe would also express his feelings and thoughts in his writing like other authors or artists. Poe’s stories still inspire writers today to write in this darker side of writing.
The American gothic genre often have paranormal beings such as vampires or ghost, some people believe this involves werewolves but this is incorrect, the American gothic genre does not include werewolves at all. In this style of writing the setting is usually

in a large manor, castle, or even caves or wilderness. Foreshadowing is not uncommon in this style of writing it may take form as dreams, visions or other things that may happen in the story that foreshadows something later in the story. In the American gothic genre suspenseful, mysterious, and fear are shown in the atmosphere of the story.. The stories bring fear from the unknown or unexplained, suspense carrying the reader through the whole story, these characteristics of the gothic style have inspired many to write more of the style throughput years.
Poe`s life had many tragedies this leading to him writing the stories we still read 168 years after his death in 2017.

Edgar Allen Poe’s life was filled with death of his loved ones mainly by tuberculosis, his dad a heavy drinker and an actor like Poe's mother, left Poe and his mother when Poe was only 18 months old, only a short while after he died of tuberculosis. Soon following Poe's father to the grave was his mother who also had tuberculosis and died from a pneumonia. When Poe was three he was adopted by John and Frances Allan, the small family went to England to spend five years there, his new mother contracted tuberculosis and dying years later. In 1836 Poe married his 13 year old cousin Virginia Clemm, she contracted tuberculosis She died in 1847 after fighting the illness.
After years of tragedy Poe’s writing had changed a lot, from what happened in the story to the narrator’s thought process. Poe may be most known as a short story writer but he considered himself more of a poet, one 8 his most well known poems is “The Raven”. In 2011 Britney Spears named her concert tour “Dream Within a Dream” naming it after Poe’s story that had the same name. In 2012 the movie “The Raven” was released, and in 2013 the TV series “The Following” was released, Poe’s poems and short stories being turning into films. Poe’s stories inspired people to make movies and shows on his short stories and

poems.
Poe’s life was filled with with the death of his loved ones, most of his readers not knowing about this. Most of his family dying from tuberculosis, unlike his mother Elizabeth. His stories telling what happened in his life but where hidden behind the protagonist’s life. As like drawing or painting Poe had expressed his feeling and life into his short stories. Poe’s work still inspiring people after his mysterious death on 1849, his stories will still inspire people for years to come.