Edgar Allan Poe Webquest - 11C2

Uncover the mysterious life of Edgar Allan Poe! This webquest explores his biography, famous works, and enduring literary impact.

Who was Edgar Allan Poe? Follow these links in order to hunt for the information that you need to complete this worksheet!Poe BiographyWho was Edgar Allan Poe?RUFUS GRISWOLD ARCHIVE ARRIVES AT THE POE MUSEUM 1. Edgar Allan Poe was one of the most important and influential American writers of which century? 2. Much of Poe's work was inspired by... 3. Which poem made E.A. Poe world-famous upon its publication in 1845? 4. Most famously, Poe completely transformed which genre of writing? Fill in the blanks: 5. He was an early pioneer in the genre of science fiction.Poe was fascinated by the science of his time, and he often wrote stories about new inventions.6. Poe is credited with inventing the modern detective story. Edgar Allen Poe Biography Fill in the blanks. 7. Poe is often seen as a morbid, mysteriousfigure lurking in the shadows of moonlit cemeteriesor crumbling castles.This is the Poe of legend.8. The real Poe was born to traveling actors in Boston on January 19, 1809, but within three years both of his parents had died. 9. What happened to Edgar Allan Poe after his parents died? 10. What happened to his siblings after his parents died? 11. Which university did Poe attend? 12. How did Edgar Allan Poe raise money to pay for his expenses during college? 13. What happened when Poe went to visit his fiancé? 14. Describe one of the things Poe did after dropping out of college? 15. Who became like a mother to Edgar Allan Poe during these hard times? 16. After starting with an editorial position, at which magazine did Poe finally find his life’s work as a magazine writer? 17. How long did it take for Poe to make this magazine the most popular in the south? Fill in the blanks 18. Poe was twenty-seven when he married Virginia Clemm who was only fourteen at the time.19. Poe moved to New York City and to Philadelphia a year later, where he wrote for a number of different magazines.20. For the publication of his first book of short stories, Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque, he was paid with twenty-five copies of his book.21. Virginia died of tuberculosis at the age of twenty-four. Her death devastated Poe and left him unable to write for months.22 .Poe only lived another two years.23. He returned to Richmond in the summer of 1849 and reconnected with his first fiancé, Elmira Royster Shelton who was now a widow. They became engaged.24. Poe spent the last days of his life far from home and surrounded by strangers. Neither Poe’s mother-in-law nor his fiance knew what had become of him until they read about it in the newspapers.25. The exact cause of Poe's death remains a mystery.26. Days after Poe’s death, his literary rival Rufus Griswold wrote a libelous obituary of the author in a misguided attempt at revenge for some of the offensive things Poe had said and written about him.27. Griswold followed the obituary with a memoir in which he portrayed Poe as a drunken, womanizing madman with no morals and no friends. 28. What happened after Griswold wrote about Poe in the newspaper?