" (292) The book describes the painter, an eccentric obsessed with his art of painting and worships it more than anything even more than his beloved wife. ... Regarding these explanations it can also create an innate "Oedipus complex" in Poe himself later strengthened by the evidences in his writing as his portrayal of other women as evil and not having the ideality of his beloved mother. ...

• Word Count: 3098
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

EDGAR ALLAN POE Many authors' literary works are often influenced by their own personal life experiences. Among these authors is Edgar Allan Poe, one of the most inventive writers of prose and poetry in the nineteenth century. The juxtaposition of Poe's life and work is most evident in the mo...

• Word Count: 3026
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• Grade Level: High School

His next famous poem, "Annabel Lee," was then written in the remembrance of his beloved wife. ... This poem comes straight from Poe's life and the lost he felt when his beloved wife Virginia died. ...

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• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

The lust of hate is the inordinate desire to consume and unspeakably possess the soul of the hated one, just as the lust of live is the desire to possess or be possessed by the beloved, utterly."2 Poe's stories often have narrators that feel extreme hate or extreme love for another character in the story. ...

• Word Count: 4324
• Approx Pages: 17
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School