"Men have called me mad; but the question is not yet settled, whether madness is or is not the loftiest intelligence– whether much that is glorious– whether all that is profound– does not spring from disease of thought– from moods of mind exalted at the expense of the general intellect."
Poe
Poe
Life as It Is
Poe thought he lacked in pay so he moved on to New York City. After a year in New York, Poe moved on to Philadelphia in 1838 and wrote for a number of different magazines. He served as editor of Burton’s and then Graham’s magazines while continuing to sell articles to Alexander’s Weekly Messenger and other journals.
Considering his growing fame, Poe was still barely able to make a living. For the publication of his first book of short stories, ‘Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque’, he was only paid with twenty-five free copies of his book. He would soon be looked up upon for the cause of higher wages for writers as well as for an international copyright law. To change the face of the magazine industry, he decided to start his own journal, but he failed to find the necessary funding.
In the face of poverty Poe was still able to find happiness at home with his wife and mother-in-law, but tragedy struck in 1842 when Poe’s wife showed signs of tuberculosis, the disease that had already taken the lives of Poe’s mother, brother, and foster mother.
Always to search for better opportunities, Poe moved to New York again in 1844 and introduced himself to the city by perpetrating a hoax. “ His “news story” of a balloon trip across the ocean caused a sensation, and the public rushed to read everything about it—until Poe revealed that he had fooled them all. “
Considering his growing fame, Poe was still barely able to make a living. For the publication of his first book of short stories, ‘Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque’, he was only paid with twenty-five free copies of his book. He would soon be looked up upon for the cause of higher wages for writers as well as for an international copyright law. To change the face of the magazine industry, he decided to start his own journal, but he failed to find the necessary funding.
In the face of poverty Poe was still able to find happiness at home with his wife and mother-in-law, but tragedy struck in 1842 when Poe’s wife showed signs of tuberculosis, the disease that had already taken the lives of Poe’s mother, brother, and foster mother.
Always to search for better opportunities, Poe moved to New York again in 1844 and introduced himself to the city by perpetrating a hoax. “ His “news story” of a balloon trip across the ocean caused a sensation, and the public rushed to read everything about it—until Poe revealed that he had fooled them all. “