Edgar Poe and the University of Virginia, address before the Torch Club, Charlottesville, Va. [manuscript] 1966 Oct. 5.

Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849

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Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American author, poet, and critic. In 1834 Poe married his cousin Virginia, who was not quite fourteen at the time, and began seriously seeking a means of supporting "his family." In the spring of 1835, the family moved back to Richmond where Poe took a position with the Southern Literary Messenger . Poe used the opportunity to publish several of his poems and short tales in the paper, but he also began developing his reputation as a pugnacious critic by contr...

Torch Club (Charlottesville, Va.)

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Stovall, Floyd, 1896-1991

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Edgar Allan Poe and Alumni Professor of English; member of the University of Virginia faculty 1955-1967. From the description of Papers of Floyd Stovall [manuscript], 1936-1977, n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647924221 Edgar Allan Poe Professor of English at the University of Virginia. From the description of Floyd Stovall papers [manuscrip], 1938-1982. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 57726774 Professor of English at the...