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Sarah Elmira Shelton ( née Royster; 1810 – February 11, 1888) was an adolescent sweetheart of Edgar Allan Poe who became engaged to him shortly before his death in 1849. Their early relationship, begun when she was 15, ended due to the interference of her father while Poe was studying at the University of Virginia.
4 set 2012 · “Elmira” was Sarah Elmira Royster Shelton, one of the people who had the greatest influence on Poe’s life and work. When their first engagement was broken by her father, the eighteen-year-old Poe wrote about his sense of loss in poems including “Tamerlane,” “Song,” and “To Elmira.”
- Poe's Relationship with Sarah Elmira Royster Shelton
- Poe's Relationship with Sarah Helen Whitman
- Poe's Relationship with Nancy Richmond
- A Commitment to Poe's Legacy
The first woman to do so was Sarah Elmira Royster Shelton, rumored to have been his fiancée at the time of his death. Poe had known Shelton since childhood, when they were neighbors and first took a romantic interest in each other. They fell out of contact when Poe left for University of Virginia and Shelton married another man. They did not speak ...
Elmira Shelton was not the only woman who connected herself more closely to Poe after his death. Before Shelton, Poe had had a fiancée named Sarah Helen Whitman. Poe met Whitman in 1848, almost a year before he reconnected with Shelton. Whitman was also a poet and the two traded passionate poems and letters. Poe pursued Helen Whitman relentlessly b...
Poe mentioned the failed engagement in a letter to Nancy Richmond, the wife of a paper manufacturer in Massachusetts. Richmond met Edgar Allan Poe in July 1848 when he lectured in Lowell. Although their relationship remained platonic, Richmond and Poe experienced a mutual attraction. Poe called Richmond by the name of “Annie” and wrote his “For Ann...
Elmira Shelton, Helen Whitman, and Nancy Richmond shared a commitment to Poe’s legacy. Whether this involvement stemmed from a desire to be involved in the drama, a conviction to protect Poe’s reputation, or a love for him that strengthened after his tragic death, or all three, it is difficult to tell. But, we have these women to thank for some of ...
Intorno ad aprile 1849, Poe smise di bere grandi quantità di alcol e fare uso di oppio, con l'intenzione di disintossicarsi completamente in vista del matrimonio con Sarah Royster. Morte. Poe morì improvvisamente sei mesi dopo, in seguito a una breve malattia di origine incerta.
Infine il P. stava per passare a seconde nozze con una donna che egli aveva già amata negli anni giovanili, Sarah Elmira Royster, vedova Shelton, quando, a Baltimora, avvenne la catastrofe: il 3 ottobre 1849 il P. fu trovato in uno stato allarmante in una taverna, vittima, probabilmente, dei corrotti sistemi elettorali (era tempo d'elezioni, e ...
Edgar visits Fanny's grave, where he meets Sarah Elmira Royster, a strange girl who shares his love of morbid stories and the dark. They secretly become engaged, and plan to be married sometime in the future. (Edgar Meets Elmira)
Sarah Elmira Royster Shelton (Richmond, 1810 [1] – 11 de febrero de 1888) fue una amiga de la infancia y más tarde prometida del poeta estadounidense Edgar Allan Poe. Su relación comenzó cuando Sarah tenía 15 años de edad y terminó por interferencia de su padre cuando Poe estudiaba en la Universidad de Virginia . [ 2 ]
