In May 1836, he married his first cousin, Virginia Clemm, a child of thirteen. From 1831 to 1835, he lived in Baltimore with his aunt, where despite his increasing literary success, he began a lifelong struggle with poverty and addiction to alcohol. He enlisted in the Army, then enrolled briefly in West Point, meanwhile publishing three volumes of poetry: Tamerlane (1827), Al Aaraaf (1829), and Poems (1831).
The relationship was conflicted, and the Allans withdrew their financial support after Poe had completed only one semester at the University of Virginia. St Joseph's University (Brooklyn Voices Series)Įdgar Allan Poe was born in Boston in 1809, but was orphaned in 1811 and went to live with a foster family in Virginia.
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