Edgar Allan Poe’s place in American literature would have been secure even if his death hadn’t been completely bizarre and mysterious ... just like his stories. But to be found on the streets of ...

Only a few seconds have passed in The Raven before that familiar shot of a quill pen at work is interrupted by the arrival of a police inspector. Edgar Allan Poe puts pen to paper twice in James ...

BALTIMORE — Actor Luke Evans and director James McTeigue laid a wreath at Edgar Allan Poe's grave as they paid their respects and talked about their upcoming film "The Raven," which reimagines the ...

No one knows for certain what happened during Edgar Allan Poe’s final days on Earth, other than that the 40-year-old author of grisly tales and romantic poetry was found in October 1849 in Baltimore, ...

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary... I'm not sure how they got it, but The Huffington Post (via MTV) recently debuted the first photo (or this just a Photoshop?) of John ...

“The Raven” was first published in the New York Evening Mirror on January 29, 1845 – 170 years ago today. It tells the story of a talking raven’s midnight visit to a distraught lover, tracing the ...

(CBS) A new trailer has been released for "The Raven," a thriller that stars John Cusack as legendary writer Edgar Allan Poe. The film, directed by James McTeigue ("V for Vendetta"), is a ...

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary... James McTeigue is still one of my favorite directors. He started work as the first AD for the Wachowski's on all three Matrix movies ...

Here's a fun fact to impress your book nerd friends: Charles Dickens' pet raven inspired Edgar Allan Poe to write his most famous poem. "The Raven" turns out to have been an actual, living creature, ...

Edgar Allan Poe is read hot 174 years after he died. It makes some sense, giving the macabre subjects in his writing and it being Halloween season. This year, though, Poe’s popularity has seemed to ...