published new versions of his old poems, such as “Lenore”, and “the Pit and the Pendulum”, as well as “The Tell-Tale Heart”. Many found it astonishing that he was able to produce so many tales and still manage to take care of VirginiaOn January 30th, 1947, Virginia died. With her death, Edgar went into a spiraling downfall, he emotionally and physically collapsed which lasted for over a year. A year later in 1948, be gained a new romantic interest and was briefly engaged to Sarah Whitman, who was also a poet, but the engagement was broken off. Edgar returned to Richmond in 1989 hoping to find financial support for his own journal, but was unsuccessful. He, however, reunited with Elmira, his first love, who had been widowed, and they re-engaged. Edgar, then, sailed from Richmond to Baltimore in Oct. 1849. A short time later, Edgar Allan Poe was found outside a polling place, in a state of delirium. He was rushed to a nearby hospital and died several days later on October 7th, 1849, at the age of forty.Edgar Allan Poe led a strange and unusually hard life, but through his experiences he produced many outstanding and wonderful works which have with out a doubt contributed to American Literature in several different areas. His stories are treasured by an immense readership. Although, Poe was quiet popular for his gothic tales, he was also well known for being and accomplished humorist, which is seen in many of his short stories. Poe was credited for singlehandedly inventing the detective story. No other played a more crucial role in shaping and developing the aesthetic theory, in the nineteenth-century, than Edgar Allan Poe. Thus, Poe remains a permanent fixture of our literary culture....
