what event in his time period inluenced his writing?greenspun.com : LUSENET : The Work of Edgar Allan Poe : One Thread |
what events in the time period of his life influenced poe's writing? (1800-1850) for example, fitzgerald was influenced by the roaring 20s..
-- Anonymous, May 25, 2002
The post-Revolutionary war generation where the war was now a patriotic legend, the country was growing, urban sprawl, growth of an American literary culture, the growing divide between North and South, the Napoleonic-Romantic era, westward expansion and especially exploration of the west and the South Seas.
-- Anonymous, May 26, 2002