Edgar Allan Poe was a man with very few things headed in the right direction in his life. His parent’s divorced when he was just three years old and his new foster parent’s did not care for the young, helpless boy at all. These are just a few of the drastic events that happened in Edgar Allan’s life and were the reason he started to take a negative view on life and …showed first 75 words of 1812 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1812 total…claimed the most controversial writer ever to walk the face of the earth and that will probably never change. His tales were all self induced by the horror and pain that he saw in his life. He was the epitome of the Gothic tale and turned into something alive and lasting even though he may be criticized for his tales and his personal life E. A. Poe is one of the greatest writers in history.