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Edgar Allan Poe
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore ...
"The Raven"
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Edgar Allan Poe
Poster Text: One of the first American writers to become a major figure in world literature, Edgar Allan Poe was a poet, short story writer, editor, and literary critic. His stories and poems reflect a fascination with mysterious, dreamlike, and, sometimes, macabre subjects. He is viewed as the inventor of the modern detective story.
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Edgar Allen Poe
Poster Text: Born in Boston on January 19, 1809, Edgar Poe lost both his parents by the time he was 3 years old. Tobacco merchant John Allan and his wife took the child in, and Poe took their last name as his middle name. He attended the University of Virginia where he was an excellent student. However, his foster father didn't send much money to live on, and Poe started gambling. His growing debts forced him to drop out after a year. In 1827, he published his first book, Tamerlane and Other Poems. He joined the Army, and eventually John Allan helped him get an appointment to West Point. But after another arguement with Allan, Poe got himself discharged. In 1836, he married his cousin Virginia Clemm, who was just 13 years old. Poe developed a career as a writer, editor, and literary critic, although he wasn't famous or well-paid. That all changed after his poem “The Raven” was published in 1845. But his life took a tragic turn in 1847 when Virginia died of tuberculosis. According to some reports at the time Poe began drinking heavily, but there is evidence that these accounts were based on gossip and exaggration. Even his death is clouded in mystery and rumors. He was found on October 1, 1849, on the streets of Baltimore, sick, unconsious, and wearing someone else's clothes. he died four days later, without ever waking up enough to explain what happened. He cause of death is unknown. Today, Poe has influenced writers from H.G. Wells to Ray Bradbury. His work “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” is recognized as the first detective story ever written. Poe is also praised for his haunting, almost musical poems, as well as for his tales of psychological terror and the macabre.
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Edgar Allan Poe
Master of the Macabre - Although he is known for his morbid sensibilities, Edgar Allan Poe was more than just a horror writer. For one thing, he almost single-handedly elevated the short story to an art form, and he is among the first ever to write a detective story. Poe's influence on literary and popular culture extends all the way from French poetry to American Romanticism to the latest horror film.
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Edgar Allan Poe Art Print
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Edgar Allan Poe Art Print
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Edgar Allan Poe, National Archive
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Virginia Poe, née Clemm
b. 8-22-1822; Virginia
d. 1-30-1847; Fordham, NY (tuberculosis)
Edgar Allan Poe and Virginia Eliza Clemm were first cousins. It is thought that Virginia was the inspiration for many of Poe's works, especially Annabelle Lee. They were married when Poe was 27 and Virginia 13.
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Landmarks of New York City, Poe's Cottage Art Print
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Edgar Allen Poe Shrine, Richmond, Virginia Art Print
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Illustration for Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Raven', 1875 Édouard Manet, Giclee Print
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The Raven Poster
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Murders in the Rue Morgue Poster
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“Never to suffer would never to have been blessed.”
Edgar Allan Poe,
b. 1-19-1809; Boston, Massachusetts
d. 10-7-1849, Baltimore, MD
EDGAR ALLAN POE : BOOKS/VIDEO
Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe - single volume brings together all of Poe's stories and poems, and illuminates the diverse and multifaceted genius of one of the greatest and most influential figures in American literary history.
Edgar Allan Poe Audio CD - a classic collection of 20 of Poe's most terrifying tales performed by Vincent Price and Basil Rathbone.
Edgar Allan Poe : A Critical Biography by Arthur Hobson Quinn - Renowned as the creator of the detective story and a master of horror, the author of "The Red Mask of Death," "The Black Cat," and "The Murders of the Rue Morgue," Edgar Allan Poe seems to have derived his success from suffering and to have suffered from his success. "The Raven" and "The Tell-Tale Heart" have been read as signs of his personal obsessions, and "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Descent into the Maelstrom" as symptoms of his own mental collapse. Biographers have seldom resisted the opportunities to confuse the pathologies in the stories with the events in Poe's life. Against this tide of fancy, guesses, and amateur psychologizing, Arthur Hobson Quinn's biography devotes itself meticulously to facts. Based on exhaustive research in the Poe family archive, Quinn extracts the life from the legend, and describes how they both were distorted by prior biographies. [book description]
Biography - Edgar Allan Poe: The Mystery of Edgar Allen Poe (A&E DVD Archives) -
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Biography - Edgar Allan Poe VHS - He is the uncontested master of the macabre, a genius whose melancholy nature made his own life as tragic as one of his strange tales. Edgar Allan Poe's haunting poems and chilling stories established him as one of the most important men of American letters. But behind his popularity and artistic success was a personal life defined by broken hopes and failure. This extraordinary program tells Poe's complete story, from the death of his parents when he was three, to his tragic collapse on the street at age 40. Dramatic readings recall the devastation of his broken engagement and the loss of his child bride. And experts explore the bouts of depression and addiction that tormented the man and gave birth to his dark and brilliant art. Take an intimate look at one of literature's most complex and fascinating figures.
Edgar Allan Poe's - The Pit and the Pendulum (VHS, 1961)
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Everyday Life in the 1800s: A Guide for Wriers, Students, and Historians -The Everyday Life series helps writers, students and researchers save valuable time and bring richness and historical accuracy to their work. Each guide describes the food, clothes, customs, slang, occupations, religions, politics and other historical details that are so often difficult to find.
French poet and artist Charles Baudelaire translated Poe's work into French.
LINKS FOR LEARNING : EDGAR ALLAN POE
- PoeStories.com - an exploration of short stories by Edgar Allan Poe - story summaries, quotes, linked vocabulary words and definitions for educational reading, a short biography, a timeline of Poe's life, and links to other Poe sites.
- Edgar Allan Poe Bio- Wikipedia
- Poe Museum - provides a retreat into early 19th century Richmond where Edgar Allan Poe lived and worked. The museum features Poe's life and career by documenting his accomplishments with pictures, relics, and verse, and focusing on his many years in Richmond.
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- Edgar Allan Poe, National Historic Site - Poe lived in Philadelphia from 1838-1844; the Spring Garden home where Poe, his wife Virginia, and his mother-in-law lived between 1843-44, is the only Philadelphia house to survive.
- Poe Cottage - The tiny Poe Cottage in the Bronx was the last home of the great American poet and author of early mystery stories, Edgar Allan Poe, .
- Edgar Allan Poe's Virtual Library - a one-page resource for interesting and significant Poe materials listed under subject headings.
- Edgar Allan Poe's Gutenberg free ebooks - a one-page resource for interesting and significant Poe materials listed under subject headings.
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