He is interested in Mesmerism, a pseudoscience involving bringing a patient into a hypnagogic state by the influence of magnetism, a process which later developed into hypnotism. The narrator presents the facts of the extraordinary case of Valdemar which have incited public discussion. Poe toyed with this for a while before admitting it was a work of pure fiction in his marginalia. An example of a tale of suspense and horror, it is also, to a certain degree, a hoax as it was published without claiming to be fictional, and many at the time of publication (1845) took it to be a factual account. Valdemar" is a short story by American author Edgar Allan Poe about a mesmerist who puts a man in a suspended hypnotic state at the moment of death. He is now recognized as a literary pioneer who made important strides in developing techniques essential to horror, detective, and science fiction.The Facts in the Case of M. Suffering from worsening mental and physical illnesses, Poe was found on the streets of Baltimore in 1849 and died only days later. Following Virginia’s death in 1847, Poe became despondent, overwhelmed with grief and burdened with insurmountable debt. It was an instant success, propelling Poe to the forefront of the American literary scene and earning him a reputation as a leading Romantic. “The Raven” (1845) appeared in the Evening Mirror on January 29th. In 1842, Virginia began showing signs of consumption, and her progressively worsening illness drove Poe into deep depression and alcohol addiction. In 1838, Poe published The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, a tale of a stowaway on a whaling ship and his only novel. In 1836, he obtained a special license to marry Virginia Clemm, his 13-year-old cousin, who moved with him as he pursued his career in publishing. After failing to graduate from West Point, Poe began working for several literary journals as a critic and editor, moving from Richmond to Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York. That same year, Poe anonymously published Tamerlane and Other Poems, his first collection. He attended the University of Virginia for a year before withdrawing due to a lack of funds, enlisting in the U.S. Raised in Richmond, Virginia by the Allan family of merchants, Poe struggled with gambling addiction and frequently fought with his foster parents over debts. Born in Boston to a family of actors, Poe was abandoned by his father in 1810 before being made an orphan with the death of his mother the following year. Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American poet, short story writer, and editor.
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