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2007-05-01 06:28:28 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities Books & Authors

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Some readers too easily identified Poe with the mentally disturbed narrators of his tales, a belief reinforced by Rufus Griswold, Poe's literary executor. Griswold wrote a malicious obituary (1849) and memoir (1850) of Poe that combined half-truths and outright falsehoods about Poe's personal habits and conduct.

2007-05-01 06:39:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

It is true that Poe exhibited mental instability (mental illness by today's standards). He drank and used opium. I don't know if he did this to relieve his symptoms though. Some writers did drugs to make their talent appear. The self-medicating would not have helped the symptoms, in fact I think that it might have amplified them. This is probably why he was able to write so much dealing with the insane and the psychotic murderer.

2007-05-01 13:46:15 · answer #2 · answered by robinhoods_gal 2 · 0 0

Jack Daniels, White Lightening, Dewars, and Wild Turkey.

2007-05-01 13:31:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

He suffered from mental illness and was "self medicating" himself with a variety of substances such as opium. That will do it every time. Pax - C

2007-05-01 13:40:22 · answer #4 · answered by Persiphone_Hellecat 7 · 1 0

Great drugs

2007-05-01 13:35:40 · answer #5 · answered by jon_mac_usa_007 7 · 1 0

He often did hallucinogenic drugs.

2007-05-01 13:35:30 · answer #6 · answered by Josh 3 · 2 0

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