No Edgar Allan Poe biography would be complete without examining the frequently bizarre circumstances surrounding his life. Although today Poe is universally admired and respected, his journey was ...

It is nearly fifty years since the death of Edgar Allan Poe ... A part of the disfavor with which Poe is regarded is due to Dr. Griswold's biography; for of all men Poe had best reason to pray ...

On January 19, 1809, the great Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts. In school, I read many of his tales. Poe was a true literary genius.

Edgar Allen Poe famously attended UVA for a single term, one year after the University opened its doors in 1825. Scan his ...

Celebrate Edgar Allan Poe's 216th birthday at his cottage in the Bronx on Sunday, January 19. In honor of the late poet's birthday, get free admission on Sunday into the cottage he called home ...

Yet it was not always so. The roots of modern detective fiction go back over 150 years to a Boston-born master of the macabre, Edgar Allan Poe. And the most shocking true-crime story in Poe's day ...

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