Edgar Allan Poe. Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, editor, poet and literary critic. The Boston native only lived until he was 40 years old, but he was one of the most famous literary pioneers.

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.

To borrow a current idiom, Edgar Allan Poe was a lot. Which means, almost syllogistically, that any biography of him — even ...

Edgar Allan Poe was more than a tormented poetic and literary genius writing macabre stories of gloom; he also was a husband, a companion and a friend. “He was a social person. He wasn’t some ...

Edgar Allan Poe’s spooky raven enters the narrator’s house, perches on a bust above his chamber door, and repeats only one word, ... When Poe was writing the poem, ...

The sixth annual International Edgar Allan Poe Festival returns to Baltimore next month.The two-day event on Oct. 7-8 in west Baltimore celebrates all things Poe just ahead of the spooky season ...

Poe’s Earlier Years. Orphaned in 1811 after his mother died of tuberculosis (his father had left earlier), Edgar was taken in by John Allan and his wife Frances but never legally adopted.

His writing explores dark thoughts that are fascinating to many people. ... The Edgar Allan Poe Speakeasy is for guests 21 years and up. For more information, including tickets, ...

She’s a writer herself, like Virginia, and is deeply supportive of Poe’s writing, as Virginia was. She also dies young, similar to Poe’s wife, who died of tuberculosis at age 24. A scene ...