ENG 104H Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Military Discharge
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Lecture #2 - the gothic: poe the cask of amontillado . Raised by foster parents in virginia (the allans) Actor father left early, mother died in childhood. Never formally adopted, but was raised by the allans. Foster father refused to pay gambling debts (argued a lot about spending + money) Dishonorable discharge, stopped showing up to roll call. Decided to start writing as a job (one of the first to take up writing as full time job) Married 13 year old cousin virginia clemm when he was 26. Seemed happy, remained married until her death in 1847 (of consumption) Died 2 years later in baltimore in 1849 of acute congestion of the brain. Refused water in his last days, usually associated with rabies. Was one of the first to try making a living purely by writing stories alone. Because of this, was always trying to sell stories.
