Poe

Childhood : Boston, Richmond, England (1809-1825)

The byronic youth : university, the army, and West Point (1826-1830)

Baltimore : early tales and satires (1831-1834)

Return to Richmond : marriage, the Southern Literary Messenger, and The narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym (1835-1837)

Philadelphia : Burton's Gentleman's magazine and the great tales (1838-1840)

Graham's magazine, "The Penn," and The red death (1841-1843)

New York : triumphs and troubles, "The raven" and the Longfellow war (1844-1845)

Quarrels, loves, and losses (1846-1848)

The journey and the lighthouse (1849).