I need to know what things in Poe's life affected his writtings of his short stories..l

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I have to write an essay and how's Poe's life influenced his work.. I need at least 3 good examples of how his life influenced a piece of writting(preforably his short stories..Talltell Heart and some others) An example would be how all the death ect. lead to his writting of The Raven but i need more detail and some quotes ect.

My essay has to be written as follows: I. Intro A. Attention getter B. thesis statement C, general facts II. 1st influence on a writting III. second IV. third

they can each be a different influence of one story or of three seperate stories So I need some detail of the influences

thank you !

-- Anonymous, October 21, 2000

Answers

The death of his wife Virgina

-- Anonymous, October 21, 2000

the death of his mother,Elizabeth, and his good friends mother,Jane Stanard, who died of a brain tumor..hope i helped u out a little...

-- Anonymous, October 21, 2000

THE DEATH OF MY SPERM CELLS ON YOUR FACE.. THAT SHOULD HELP

-- Anonymous, March 12, 2003

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