Mournful And Never-Ending Remembrance By Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe is an ever famous poet and idol to many young inspiring authors. We learn about his works in school and come to appreciate his dark and cynical worldview. Although Poe is admired for his expertise in the horror and detective genres there is still one case that is yet to be solved; no one is sure how this beloved poet died. Experts have come up with two probabilities on the cause of his death. One explanation is that Poe had died of alcohol poisoning, as he did have a drinking problem in his early years. Another explanation is that Poe had instead been infected with the rabies virus. These two arguments are thoroughly researched and covered throughout the biography Edgar A. Poe: Mournful and Never-Ending Remembrance by Kenneth
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As the story goes, Poe was found by Joseph Walker outside of a Baltimore tavern in a drunken stupor. There is a lot of evidence to support this theory offered to us in Edgar A. Poe: Mournful and Never-Ending Remembrance. According to Mr. Silverman, Poe’s death had been recorded by a professional as alcohol poisoning. In one part Kenneth Silverman says, “Many others who had known Poe, including the professionally trained Dr. Snodgrass, also attributed his death to a lethal amount of alcohol.” A little later on in the biography it addresses the dangerous effects that the harsh weather could have had on a drunken Poe. Mr. Silverman stated, “With the prematurely wintery weather at the time… Poe may have become too drunk to care about protecting himself against the wind and rain. The final argument is found in a letter to the New York Times by Burton R. Pollin and Robert F. Benedetto. In the letter, they draw attention to the weakness in the rabies theory. They say, “Dr. Benitez admits the primary weakness to his theory- lack of evidence of a bite or scratch. In those days, rabies was well known as to causes and symptoms, including itching and other sensations.” It is not recorded that Edgar Allan Poe had suffered from any of these
As the story goes, Poe was found by Joseph Walker outside of a Baltimore tavern in a drunken stupor. There is a lot of evidence to support this theory offered to us in Edgar A. Poe: Mournful and Never-Ending Remembrance. According to Mr. Silverman, Poe’s death had been recorded by a professional as alcohol poisoning. In one part Kenneth Silverman says, “Many others who had known Poe, including the professionally trained Dr. Snodgrass, also attributed his death to a lethal amount of alcohol.” A little later on in the biography it addresses the dangerous effects that the harsh weather could have had on a drunken Poe. Mr. Silverman stated, “With the prematurely wintery weather at the time… Poe may have become too drunk to care about protecting himself against the wind and rain. The final argument is found in a letter to the New York Times by Burton R. Pollin and Robert F. Benedetto. In the letter, they draw attention to the weakness in the rabies theory. They say, “Dr. Benitez admits the primary weakness to his theory- lack of evidence of a bite or scratch. In those days, rabies was well known as to causes and symptoms, including itching and other sensations.” It is not recorded that Edgar Allan Poe had suffered from any of these