Edgar Allan Poe's Context:

In the early nineteenth century, Egar Allan Poe began both his life and his most famous works. He was American and lived in America in one of it's most troubling times; the transition to becoming an independent country from having the British in control. In the United States in this time period, there was a torn between supporting either the new American constitution or being loyal to Britain. For most literature writers at the time it was a struggle to decide whether to write in the new American literature style or the traditional literary style. However, Poe along with many other American writers somewhat created the new style of American Literature. He was known as someone who really pushed the American Renaissance; a time period in American literature (1830s-1860s) where it was the wake of the "romance" movement. Poe also introduced gothic and British horror story and into American Literature; which is now taught in the American curriculum. Most of Poe's works are centered around "dark romantics " and it was a conspiracy that all of his works were based on his loss of women in his family specifically. This sparked an interest in him and began writing his works about romance; which heavily moved the American Renaissance to the American Literature it is today. Edgar Allan Poe is undoubtedly one of the most famous American writers and critics in history.

Poe in 1849