Poe,Your Life is Calling

I am not sure, but is this a summary of Poe's life to some extent? He begins with his father thinking him a genius. This was mentioned in the Norton about how John Allan used to take Poe with him to show off his talents. He talks about being fifteen when he first begins to write, the dissolution of their relationship and so on. I also find it interesting that he mentions Aristotle and Milton as people that he copied. His dream of owning a literary magazine is how he ends the story, with him owning everyone that ever criticized him. He even talks about plagiarism and how he was introduced to being a critic when he began "Thomas Hawk'ing. It is amazing that everything in this story can be related back to Poe's life and stories. He even uses direct quotes from his stories; "I will make a man of you"(783) is a direct quote from Hop-frog. Was Poe attempting to explain away his life through this story?