The colloquy of monos and una6/26/2023 ![]() ![]() Poe quarreled with Allan over the funds for his education and enlisted in the Army in 1827 under an assumed name. Poe attended the University of Virginia for one semester but left due to lack of money. Tension developed later as John Allan and Edgar repeatedly clashed over debts, including those incurred by gambling, and the cost of secondary education for the young man. Although they never formally adopted him, Poe was with them well into young adulthood. Thus orphaned, the child was taken in by John and Frances Allan, of Richmond, Virginia. ![]() His father abandoned the family in 1810, and his mother died the following year. Born in Boston, he was the second child of two actors. He was the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career. He is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story, and is generally considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre. ![]() Edgar Allan Poe (born Edgar Poe JanuOctober 7, 1849) was an American author, poet, editor, and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. The Colloquy of Monos and Una is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. ![]()
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