A Guide to Edgar Allen Poe

1. Dark Romanticism

1.1. Supernatural Presence

1.2. Overwhelming sense of dread

1.3. Greatest threat is one's own self

2. Reoccuring themes

2.1. Death of Young Women

2.1.1. Lenore

2.2. Darkness

2.3. Madness

3. Issues in his life

3.1. Cousin (Wife) falling ill, and dying early

3.2. Alchoholism

3.3. Birth parents not a part of his life

4. Famous Works

4.1. The Raven

4.2. The Pit and the Pendulum

4.3. The Masque of the Red Death