for over ayear. Poe adapted very well to military discipline and quickly rose to the rank of regimentalsergeant major. After a while, he got tired of the same daily routine involved in military life. Poewrote regularly to Mr. Allan. He met with Mr. Allan after the death of Mrs. Allan in February of1829. With Allan's support, he received his discharge and enlisted in West Point on July 1, l830(Asselineau 410). While at West Point, Mr. Allan, who had remarried, continued in not providingPoe with enough money. Poe decided to have himself kicked out of school. Cutting classes anddisregarding orders were his solutions. He was court-martialed for neglect of duties in January,1831, and left West Point the following month (Asselineau 411). "Poe was great in three different fields , and in each one he made a reputation that wouldgive any man a high place in literary history. Poe wrote great short stories, famous not only in hisown country, but all over the world (Robinson V)." "Hawthorne, Irving, Balzac, Bierce, Crane,Hemingway and other writers have given us memorable short stories; but none has produced sogreat a number of famous and unforgettable examples, so many tales that continue, despitechanging standards to be read and reprinted again and again throughout the world (Targ VII)." "Poe was the father of the modern short story, and the modern detective story (Targ VII)." "Withthe possible exception of Guy de Maupassant, no other writer is so universally known andesteemed for so large of a corpus of excellent tales as in Edgar Allan Poe (Targ VII)."In 1831, Poe succeeded in publishing a new edition of his poems entitled, Poems. Poewas now in great difficulty. He went to New York, but could find no job there. Eventually hetook refuge with his aunt, Mrs. Clemm, in Baltimore. There he decided to seek employment andmake his living by writing. Failing to get attention with his poems, he decided to start writing shortstories. Po...
