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Edgar Allan Poe in Richmond
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Artikel-Nr:
9780738567143
Veröffentl:
2009
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.01.2009
Seiten:
128
Autor:
Keshia A. Case
Gewicht:
316 g
Format:
231x161x9 mm
Serie:
Images of America
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Images of America: Edgar Allan Poe in Richmond is an exploration of Poe's world, how it influenced him, and how he impacted it. On behalf of Richmond's Poe Museum, Keshia A. Case, author of Then and Now: Richmond, and Christopher P. Semtner, curator of the Poe Museum, selected from the museum's collection these rarely seen historic photographs of the people and places Poe knew.
Edgar Allan Poe, the renowned author of tales of mystery and madness, arrived in Richmond in 1810 at the age of one and left the city for the last time just two weeks before his death. Of his 40 years, he lived in Richmond for 13 years--far longer than in any other city. While other cities may claim him, Poe himself boasted in 1841, "I am a Virginian . . . for I have resided all my life, until within the last few years, in Richmond." It was in Richmond that Poe was orphaned at the age of two and where he was reared in the home of the tobacco exporter John Allan. In this city, the young Poe first fell in love, wrote his earliest poetry, began his career in journalism, and married his 13- year-old cousin.