Introduction
Edgar Allan Poe Webquest
Edgar Allan Poe is well known for his skills as a writer, editor, and poet. He was well known for his short stories which had a big impact among other dark writers.
Task
You will need to look up the following websites and find the answers to the 18 questions using the readings of Edgar Allan Poe.
Process
Use the website for #1-#5: http://www.biography.com/people/edgar-allan-poe-9443160
1. When was Poe born?
2. What was Poe's first book published?
3. What was Poe's Nickname?
4. What collection of story's of his were published in the late 1830's?
5. What was Poe's last words?
Use the website for #6-10: http://www.theimaginativeconservative.org/2014/08/48401.html
6. Why is Poe important to the history of Romantic ideas?
7. Poe became wildly known for being considered the inventor of what?
8. What were the most romantic storys settings?
9. How did Romantics view nature?
10. When was the romantic period in America?
Use the website for #11-#15:
http://www2.latech.edu/~bmagee/212/poe/poe_notes.htm
11. What happened to his mom when he was young?
12. What type of romantic was Poe?
13. What was Poe's most famous story?
14. When was the Raven created?
15. How did Poe want the readers to feel when reading The Raven?
Use the website for #16-#18:
http://study.com/academy/lesson/a-valentine-by-edgar-allen-poe-analysis.html
16. What was Poe a fan of when it comes to writing?
17. When was Poe's Acrostics it written?
18. Who was the "A Valentine" written about?
Evaluation
Answers
1. Janurary 19th, 1809
2. Tamerlane and Other Poems in 1827
3. "Father of the Detective Story"
4. "Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque"
5. "Lord, help my poor soul"
6. His contributions to the literary field
7. The modern detective story
8. In fantastical worlds
9. Nature was believed to contain "betterment" element that benefits every member of society
10. Roughly from 1770 to 1860
11. She died of tuberculosis
12. He was a dark romantic
13. The Raven
14. 1845
15. He wants us to feel melancholy. Melancholy is feeling sad and blue
16. Acrostics
17. "A Valentine" was written in 1846
18. Frances Sargent Osgood
Conclusion
In conclusion Edgar Allan Poe was not only an extremly influential writter, but he was also one of the important Dark Romantics during his time period and even now.
