A Literal Glimpse Into the Life of Edgar Allan Poe
As the birth month of American writer Edgar Allan Poe draws to a close, I thought it particularly fitting to pay homage to one of my all-time favorites. The Romantic-era author’s but mere forty years of life tells of an orphaned youngster, an academically excelling student, an army soldier, a highly-respected literary critic, an instantly successful poet, and a heartbroken widowed husband rumored to have struggled with addiction issues. Contrary to his troubled times, Edgar Allan Poe was known as…