Edgar Allen Poe

1809 - 1849 *

great American poet and writer of prose

Poe wrote of poetry's purity in his criticism, while writing theatre reviews that would shift copies for their ruthlessness. He began his literary career with verse that would charm readers with its musicality, and became famous for later stories of imponderable bleakness.

          Source: Classics Network Editorial Team

One the greatest and unhappiest of American poets, a master of the horror tale, patron saint to the practitioners of the detective story. Poe's stormy personal life postponed honest evaluation of his work in the United States - first he gained critical acclaim in France and England. His reputation in America was relatively slight until the French-influenced writers like Ambroce Bierce, Robert W. Chambers, and representatives of the Lovecraft school secured his place in the literary hall of fame.

"The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who sha... [read entire biography]

          Source: Petri Liukkonen

POE, EDGAR ALLAN (1809—1849), American poet, writer of fiction and critic, was born at Boston, Massachusetts, on the Içth of January 1809. The family was of English origin, but was settled in Ireland, whence the poet’s great-grandfather emigrated to Maryland. His grandfather, David Poe, served with credit as a soldier in the War of Independence, was known to Washington, and was the friend of Lafayette. His son David Poe was bred as a lawyer, but deeply offended his family by marrying an actress ... [read entire biography]

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The Death of Poe -- information on Poe's life, from the introduction to an early edition of a collection of his poems
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The Life of Poe -- background information to Poe from the introduction to an early collection of his poetry
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Edgar Allan Poe - An Appreciation -- this interesting overview of Poe's works comes from an introduction to an early collection of his poetry
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Poe's Short Stories and Enlightenment Rationality -- The role of rationality in Poe's 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' and 'The Man of the Crowd'
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Madness and the Fear of Death in Poe -- How Poe's characters exhibit madness and the fear of death and how they try to circumvent death
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Themes in Edgar Allen Poe; The Tales from the Tell Tale Heart -- Reviews Poe use of language and plot themes, in the Tell Tale Heart in relation to Poes other stories
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English Romanticism and Edgar Allen Poe -- I have tried to show Poe's debt to French Romantic writers.. It should be noted first that the size of the audience French Romanticism enjoyed in America should not be understimated
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I Thought I Had Bad Dreams -- Comparison Poe and Fuseli, "The Fall of the House of Usher" to "The Nightmare"
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Vision of “The Masque of the Red Death” as a Play -- This essay is about edgar allen poes short story “The Masque of the Red Death.” I wrote this essay on what I would do if i had to turn this story into a play.
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All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream. -- A Dream within a Dream.

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Sound loves to revel in a summer night. -- Al Aaraaf.

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Years of love have been forgot
In the hatred of a minute. -- To ———.

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From a proud tower in the town
Death looks gigantically down. -- The City in the Sea.

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Vastness! and Age! and Memories of Eld!
Silence! and Desolation! and dim Night! -- The Coliseum.

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This--all this--was in the olden
Time long ago. -- The haunted Palace.

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Unthought-like thoughts that are the souls of thought, -- To ———.

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This maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me. -- Annabel Lee.

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Keeping time, time, time
In a sort of Runic rhyme
To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells
From the bells, bells, bells. -- The Bells.

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Hear the mellow wedding bells
Golden bells!
What a world of happiness their harmony foretells
Through the balmy air of night
How they ring out their delight! -- The Bells.

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Poe at Encarta Encyclopedia

Poe at Britannica Encyclopedia

Poe at Xrefer.com