The Autobiographical Elements in the Works of Edgar Allan Poe
"There is no exquisite beauty without some strangeness in the
proportions" (Biography on Poe 8). Edgar Alan Poe endured a very difficult life
and this is evident in his literary style. He was once titled the "master of
the macabre." One of the aspects in his life with which he struggled was social
isolation. He used this as a topic in a number of poems and short stories.
Poe's life was also filled with periods of fear and irrationality. He had a
very sensitive side when it came to the female gender, any woman he was ever
close to died at an early age. Another of his major battles, actually the only
one he really lost, was his struggle with alcoholism. Of all these topics,
Poe's favorites were the death of a beautiful woman, a feeling which he knew all
too well, and the general topic of death.
During Poe's life, he experienced extreme social isolation. These
feelings of separation began when his father died or......
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