ALCOHOLISM- A Suicide Prepared for a Long Time. A glimpse into the...

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ALCOHOLISM- A Suicide Prepared for a Long Time. A glimpse into the troubled life of Edgar Allan Poe. Reviewed by Davia Sills

KEY POINTS- In his mid-20s, Poe lost his first major literary job due to drinking, in a pattern to be repeated often. He viewed drinking as a way of fleeing "torturing memories" and "a dread of some strange impending doom." In 1847, he believed that the death of his wife was a "permanent cure," but he quickly returned to the bottle. In 1849, at age 40, he was found lying stuporous on a...

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