Once upon a gray day dreary, the writer staggered, weak and weary. He collapsed on a Baltimore sidewalk, never to fully regain consciousness. Four days later, on Oct. 7, 1849, Edgar Allan Poe died … ...

The Best Edgar Allan Poe Books If you're watching the Fall of the House of Usher on Netflix, now is the time to dive into Poe's dark romantic work. By Emily Burack Published: Oct 14, 2023 8:00 AM EDT ...

If you're watching the Fall of the House of Usher on Netflix, now is the time to dive into Poe's dark romantic work.

The mystery of how Edgar Allan Poe died has obsessed scholars for almost two centuries, and it is addressed faithfully in “A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe” by ...

Mr. Kopley intends this biography to be “accessible to all.” Alas, while “Edgar Allan Poe” will no doubt assist those in academia, the armchair Poe enthusiast is likely to find it tough going.

In the book collecting world there are few nuggets more highly prized than the first editions of Edgar Allan Poe. This is particularly true of such earlier works as "Tamerlane," "Al Aaraaf, the ...

Edgar Allan Poe has maintained a hold on the American imagination since he first penned a series of mystery and horror stories in the mid-19th century, along with some equally haunting poems.

Mark Dawidziak’s new book, “A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe,” looks at Poe, considered to be one of the early progenitors of the mystery and horror genres.

The book takes its title from Poe’s short story The Man of the Crowd ... The writer Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) spent his entire life searching for a place that he could call home.

On Oct. 9, 1849, the New-York Tribune published an unusually tart obituary. “Edgar Allan Poe is dead. He died in Baltimore the day before yesterday. This announcement will startle many, but few ...

Richard A. Kopley, author of “Edgar Allan Poe: A Life,” will discuss Poe Thursday at 5:30 p.m. in a Virginia Festival of the Book program in the UVA Special Collections Library – just across the ...

I n the annals of American literary culture, few have left as bold a mark as Edgar Allan Poe. In 1841, with the locked-room mystery “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” Poe invented the genre of detective ...