LITERATURE QUESTIONS
GOTHIC LITERATURE
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John did not approve of Edgar living in his home.
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Edgar did not approve of John’s affairs while his foster mother was ill.
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His foster mother loved Edgar more than her husband.
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Edgar was more popular and talented in sports than his foster father.
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Detailed explanation-1: -He was close to his foster mother, Frances, but never with to foster father, who always thought Edgar was a punk, shamefully ungrateful for all the couple did for him. From 1815 to 1820, the family lived in England, where young Edgar got a good education at a school outside of London.
Detailed explanation-2: -John Allan, the foster father of Edgar Allan Poe. John Allan was born in Dundonald, Ayrshire in Scotland. He emigrated to the United States (settling in Richmond, Virginia) sometime prior to January 29, 1795.
Detailed explanation-3: -How did Poe feel towards his foster father, John Allan? He despised him! What were some interests of Edgar Allan Poe, other than his writing?
Detailed explanation-4: -His father left the family early in Poe’s life, and his mother passed away from tuberculosis when he was only three. Separated from his siblings, Poe was fostered by John and Frances Valentine Allan, a successful tobacco merchant and his wife, in Richmond, Virginia.