1836
In May, he married Virginia Clem, who was almost 14 years old. Mrs kramer continues to live with the Poe couple as a housewife. He wrote more than 80 book reviews for Southern Literary Messenger, two of which spoke highly of Dickens. Publish or republish his novels and poems, and often revise them. Borrowing money from relatives intends to let Clem and his mother run boarding houses, and intends to sue the government for returning the war loan provided by his grandfather to the country; These two plans later fell through. Despite the help of White and James Kirk Balding, no publisher is willing to publish his folio Club, which has increased to 16 or 7 articles (Harper Brothers Press told him: "Readers in this country obviously prefer that the whole book contains only a simple and coherent story ...").
1837—38
A dispute with White over salary (about $65,438+00 per week) and editorial autonomy led to his resignation from Southern Literature Messenger in June, 65,438+0,837. My family moved to new york to look for another job, but failed to find a job as an editor. Mrs. Cramer runs a boarding house to help support her family. Published poems and novels, including Lydia (later Poe called this article "my best novel"); I started writing Arthur Gordon Pim, and I have serialized two books in Southern Literature Messenger, hoping to write it into a novel that can be published separately. Harper Publishing House published The Story of Argo Pim in July, 1838. Poe's family moved to Philadelphia. If you continue to be a freelance writer, you will be penniless and can't find an editor's position. Consider giving up your literary career.
1839—40
Due to the difficulty of livelihood, I agree to use my name as the author's signature of a handbook of shellfish collectors, Basic Shellfish Science. Started publishing the first batch of articles on cryptanalysis in Alexandria Weekly Courier. On the premise of agreeing to adopt the editorial policy of William Burton, the founder and boss of Gentleman magazine, I began to do some editing work for the magazine. Provide a signed work and most review articles required by the journal every month; His early works include The Collapse of Usher Building and William Wilson. /kloc-at the end of 0/839, Leigh blanchard Publishing House in Philadelphia published the Collection of Weird Stories (2 volumes), which included all 25 short stories that had been written at that time. From 1840 to 1, the unsigned Rodman Diary was serialized in Gentleman magazine, but it was stopped halfway because of a quarrel with Burton and his dismissal in June. He tried to establish Payne magazine, which managed editorial affairs entirely by himself, and distributed a "plan" for this purpose, but the plan was shelved due to lack of financial support. 1840165438+1October George Graham bought Burton's Gentleman magazine and merged it with his treasure chest into Graham magazine; Edgar Allan Poe published "People in the Crowd" in the February issue of 65438.
184 1—42
Since the April issue of Graham magazine (184 1), I have been the editor of this magazine (the annual salary is 800 dollars, plus the contribution fee for literary works); He published the first article of his so-called "mystery novel", Murder on Mog Street. Then he wrote new novels and poems, and wrote a series of articles about cryptanalysis and original copy. By the end of the year, the number of subscribers to Graham magazine had more than quadrupled. Asking for a clerical position in Taylor's government agency. He revisited the plan to start Payne magazine, for which he hoped to get Graham's financial support and invited writers such as Owen, Cooper, Bryant and Kennedy to contribute regularly. 1842 1 10 In October, when Virginia was singing, a blood vessel burst and almost died, and she never fully recovered. Meet Dickens. The works published in the spring include The Red Mask of Death in Graham Magazine, a commentary praising Hawthorne's old stories and anecdotes, and another article published in the Saturday Evening Post, in which Poe tried to infer the ending of the book according to the first chapters of Barnaby Lachy 1 1 which Dickens is serializing (he guessed/kloc-. Unable to persuade the publisher in Philadelphia to publish an expanded version of Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio, he has revised this two-volume edition and renamed it Fantasy. Works published in autumn include Pit and Pendulum.
184 3
At the invitation of James Russell Lowell, he regularly contributes to his new magazine Pioneer. The Leaking Heart, Lenore, and an article later named Interpretation of Poetry Rhythm were published in The Herald, but the magazine was closed after only three issues. I'm going to Washington, D.C. to interview for a junior position in Taylor's government agency, and at the same time attract subscribers for his own magazine, which has been renamed Iron Pen. Losing job opportunities due to drunkenness; Friends had to put him on the train back to Philadelphia. He continued to write satires, poems and comments, but because of poverty, he tried to borrow money from griswold and Lowell. In June, Scarab won a prize of $65,438+000 in the essay contest of Philadelphia Dollar Daily, which was immediately popular. A large number of reprints of this novel and the adaptation of a play made Poe famous as a popular writer. As the first and only volume in a series of short stories, The Story of edgar allan poe was published in July, including Murder in Mog Street and Exhausted Man. Make friends with Father George Leigh, a Gothic novelist in Philadelphia. In June, 165438+ began the lecture tour of "American Poets and Poetry". The works published in autumn include Black Cat.
1844
After moving to new york, the balloon scam published in The New York Sun greatly boosted his rising popularity. Despite previous setbacks, he continued to plan to start the stylus. His envisaged readers include "well-educated people on countless farms in our vast southern and western regions." Lowell invited him to write a personal essay for the magazine, and Poe replied, "I don't think human efforts will have a significant impact on mankind itself." Compared with 6000 years ago, human beings are just more active-but not happier-not smarter. "He wrote an unfinished history of American literary criticism and continued to give speeches on American poetry. 10 joined the editorial department of Der Spiegel Evening News in new york, writing articles about the literary market, contemporary writers and calling for international copyright law. 1 1 began to publish a series of short comments on the "edge" in the Democratic Review.
1845
On June 29th, The Crow was published in Der Spiegel Evening News, 1845, which was well received by the public and critics. Newspapers rushed to reprint, and many people followed suit. I entered the new york literati circle and met Evert Duyckinck. He selected 12 sets of Edgar Allan Poe's short stories and compiled them into stories, which were published by Willie Putnam Press in July. The popularity of this book encouraged the publisher to publish The Crow and other poems in June 5438+065438+ 10. At the same time, he began to write for Broadway magazine, became the editor of the magazine in July, and quickly became the owner of the magazine by borrowing money from griswold, Halek and Horace grilli. He republished most of his revised novels and poems in the magazine, and published more than 60 literary essays and comments. In addition, he also commented on the Southern Literary Messenger and published a long article on "American Drama" in the American Whig Review. Expressing her love for the poetess Francis Sargent osgood in her poems. The article criticizing plagiarism involved Longfellow, the most famous critic, which triggered a private debate called Longfellow War (1-August), which made Poe notorious and alienated friends like Lowell. In May, he gave a speech on "American Poets and Poetry" in new york. In June, 5438+00, when he explained Al Allaf in Boston lecture hall, he won boos and insulted Boston when he answered, further damaging his reputation and further increasing his reputation. Virginia gets worse in autumn.