![]() ![]() Because of this decision, he traveled often (between New York, Baltimore, and Philadelphia) working for periodicals and literary journals. Poe was one of the first well-known American writers to make a career of writing. Allan and losing the aid of his foster father. Military Academy at West Point, though he was dismissed from that position in 1831 after breaking from Mr. At this time, he secured an appointment to the U. After returning to Baltimore, Poe’s second volume of poetry, Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems, was published in 1829. After leaving the University of Virginia for financial reasons, Poe moved to Boston and published his first work in 1827: Tamerlane and Other Poems (published anonymously).Īfter publishing this work, Poe was enlisted in the United States Army for two years before being discharged, with the help of Mr. Born in Boston but moving almost immediately to Richmond, Virginia, Poe’s mother died in 1811 (his father having abandoned the family), and Poe was taken in by John Allan. ![]()
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