Poe’s most famous poem, “The Raven,” published in 1845—I prefer “The Bells”—papers the eight episodes. Besides the literal raven flitting about in episodes, there is also Roderick Usher’s ...
Despite gaining national renown after “The Raven” was published in 1845, Edgar Allan Poe never enjoyed great financial success. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons When the New York Evening Mirror ...
Peter Tantsits as Edgar Allan Poe in "The Voyage of Edgar Allan Poe." (Courtesy Kathy Wittman/Ball Square Films) A lot of us know this iconic opening line: “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I ...
Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. This collection is a great start, as it compiles some of Poe's greatest ...
The manuscript of Poe’s poem “For Annie,” written while he was living in a Bronx cottage after his wife’s death, is up for auction. By James Barron The first installment of an essay series on ...
FESTIVAL. THIS IS THE LAST SURVIVING HOME IN THE CITY OF BALTIMORE, WHERE EDGAR ALLAN POE AND HIS FAMILY KNOWN TO HAVE LIVED. AND WE ARE ABOUT TO CELEBRATE OUR 75TH ANNIVERSARY IN WEST BALTIMORE ON ...
A new biography, “Edgar Allan Poe” by Richard Kopley, is a sympathetic portrait of the horror master, connecting his life story to his fiction.
We meet Edgar Allan Poe, the father of the mystery tale and architect of the modern short story, at age 11, about to start boarding school and already precociously calling himself “remarkable.” He’s ...