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31 ott 2018 · Il 16 maggio 1836 Poe, 27 anni, sposò la cugina tredicenne Virginia Clemm (anche se la data fu falsificata e risultò che la ragazza fosse ventunenne) nella pensione in cui abitavano. Poe si occupò di istruire la giovane moglie nei classici e nella matematica. Dal canto suo Virginia eccelse nel canto e al pianoforte.
Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe. Virginia Eliza Poe ( née Clemm; August 15, 1822 – January 30, 1847) was the wife of American writer Edgar Allan Poe. The couple were first cousins and publicly married when Virginia Clemm was 13 and Poe was 27. Biographers disagree as to the nature of the couple's relationship.
In Baltimore, Poe lived with his aunt, Maria Poe Clemm, who was the sister of Edgar's real father. Clemm also had a daughter named Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe. Virginia admired Poe very much. In 1836, when Virginia was thirteen, she and Poe married. By the 1830s, Poe was writing a lot.
After the birth of their second son Edgar Allan Poe on January 19, 1809, the family ran low on money. An ill-tempered alcoholic for much of his adult life, David Jr. abandoned the stage and his family some time before July 1809, disappearing from historical record. In David's absence, Eliza gave birth to a daughter in December 1810, but the ...
According to legend Poe had seen Eliza perform in Norfolk, Virginia, become attracted to her, and joined the company. The couple played in the major theaters of the eastern United States bringing along their expanding family; William Henry Leonard Poe was born in January 1807, followed by Edgar, born in Boston January 19, 1809.
His mother, Eliza Poe, who died at the age of twenty-four when Edgar was only two, was a gifted actress and singer who performed throughout the country. Just in time for the bicentennial of her death, the Poe Museum is bringing together some of the few remaining artifacts associated with her life for the exhibit Poe’s Mother: The Untold Story, opening December 2, 2011 and running until April ...
Eliza Poe Description Photographic print of a miniature portrait of Eliza Poe, the mother of noted American writer and literary critic Edgar Allan Poe. Date approximated. Date 1803 Original Format photographs Extent 12cm x 18cm Local Identifier 0999-b1 Subject(s) Poe, Eliza, -1811; Location of Original East Carolina Manuscript Collection
