However the Edgar Allen Poe did attend the West Point Military Academy, the setting for the film. He was kicked out within seven months of his admission to the prestigious school, leaving in January 1831.
Yes, Edgar Allan Poe did attend the United States Military Academy at West Point. This fact is accurately portrayed in the novel "The Pale Blue Eye" by Louis Bayard. Poe attended West Point for a brief period from 1830 to 1831.
Unfortunately, The Pale Blue Eye isn't based on a true story, despite Poe's presence. Instead, it's an adaptation of Louis Bayard's novel of the same name, but Bayard did take inspiration from Poe's life for the tale.
He entered the University of Virginia in 1826 at the age of 17. During the year he attended the university, Edgar excelled in his studies of Latin and French. He was unable to complete his studies at the university because Allan refused to pay debts Edgar had incurred during the school year.
So ended Edgar Allan Poe's short career at West Point. He had been admitted to the academy on July 1, 1830, and nearly seven months later, he was out. In those months, he accumulated an impressive record—though not of the sort to which a cadet usually aspired.
As offensive as the marriage may be to modern mores, it appears to have been motivated by Poe's understandable desire to unite what little family he had, while his aunt, Maria Clemm—Virginia's mother—consented to the union, and always lived with the couple afterward.
Is The Pale Blue Eye based on a true story? Short answer: No. Edgar Allan Poe wasn't really involved with solving a series of gruesome murders. Grizzled detective Landor is a fictional creation.
What happened to the wife and daughter in The Pale Blue Eye?
Two years earlier, Landor's daughter Mattie was raped by Fry, Ballinger, and Stoddard after attending her first ball. Traumatized, she killed herself by jumping off a cliff. Landor pretended that she ran away. Distraught, he set out to avenge his daughter.
Edgar and Virginia were married in 1836. She was 13 years old and he was 27 years old. In 1842, Virginia became ill with tuberculosis. She died of the disease on January 30, 1847, at the age of 24.
What was Edgar Allan Poe's official cause of death?
But though his death certificate listed the cause of death as phrenitis, or swelling of the brain, the mysterious circumstances surrounding his death have led many to speculate about the true cause of Poe's demise.
Virginia Eliza Poe (née Clemm; August 15, 1822 – January 30, 1847) was the wife of American writer Edgar Allan Poe. The couple were first cousins and publicly married when Virginia Clemm was 13 and Poe was 27.
It was a slim affair, drew little attention, and made no money at all for its nearly destitute author. Orphaned at an early age, Poe had deeply alienated his wealthy guardian, John Allan, and needed to earn a living.
After Edgar Allan Poe's final break with his foster father, he sought refuge in the Baltimore home of his aunt, Maria Poe Clemm. She would be a guiding and stabilizing influence on Edgar for the rest of his life. After his marriage to her daughter Virginia, Edgar referred to his Aunt Maria as mother or "Muddy."
What impact did the loss of Poe's wife have on him?
Their absence played a huge role in his writing. According to Poe, who often focused on death and loss in his works, “the death, then, of a beautiful woman is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world.”
Meanwhile, Poe has begun spending time, and falling in love with, mysteriously ill Lea Marquis (Lucy Boynton), the sister of Cadet Artemus Marquis (Harry Lawtey) and daughter of the school's physician, Dr. Marquis (Toby Jones). Lea suffers from a seizure disorder and has been given only a few months to live.
As the finale of The Pale Blue Eye draws near, the viewer learns that Detective Augustus Landor is the real killer of Leroy Fry and Randolph Ballinger, and uses the deaths of Lea and Artemus Marquis to portray them as the killers.
Why did Edgar Allan Poe burn the letter at the end of The Pale Blue Eye? It seems that Edgar Allan Poe's connection to Augustus Landor saw him grant him mercy despite the guilt that the investigator clearly had.
No, Edgar Allan Poe never had any children with his wife Virginia, or any illegitimate children that we know of. It's impossible to know exactly why Edgar and Virginia didn't have kids, but a number of possible reasons spring to mind: They may have had some knowledge of birth control.
The Pale Blue Eye was filmed in Allegheny Cemetery, Compass Inn Museum, Davis Hollow Cabin, Hartwood Acres Mansion, Hartwood Acres Stables, Lake Arthur, Laughlintown, McConnells Mill State Park, Moraine State Park, Old Economy Village, Penguin Court, Pittsburgh and Westminster College.
There's only one known portrait of author Edgar Allan Poe's child bride, and it's a painting of her corpse. Her name was Virginia Clemm, and she was his cousin. When Poe, age 27, married her, she was just 13.
While he is often considered to be a tragic, lonely lover, he had quite a few women in his life, one of whom was a friend's mother. He was so in love that, when she died, he wrote the poem To Helen about her.
Edgar Allan Poe had one wife. Poe had a few engagements but did not marry until he was 26 years old. In 1836, Poe married his cousin Virginia Eliza Clemm when she was 13 years old and the two remained together until her death in 1847. Poe died two years after Virginia in Baltimore, Maryland.
