Articles related to "Edgar Allan Poe"



Author Snapshot: Poe, Edgar A
A brief snapshot biography of the life and works of American Author Edgar Allan Poe
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Alcoholic Authors: Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe's escapes into the bottle are legendary beginning when he was a small boy until his death at age forty.
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Edgar Allan Poe--Family Homes and Catacombs
Celebrate October with tours to Edgar Allan Poe literary sites.
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For Whom Does Poe's Bell Ring?
Edgar Allan Poe's fascination with bells and chimes could be inspired by John Donne's famous meditation that includes the line "Ask not for whom the bell tolls..."
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Isolation and Community in Poe
Donne and Poe both deal with man in isolation. The end is the same but the outlook is different.
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Be Still Oh Heart and Edgar Allan Poe
Goosetherumfoodle and "The Tell-Tale Heart," both from the same man? Edgar Allan Poe, writer and creator of words.
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Berenice by Edgar Allan Poe
The synopsis of one of Edgar Allan Poe's most violent short stories, Berenice, reveals the writer's ability to imply extreme violence without actually depicting it.
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Classic Authors: Edgar Allan Poe
A brief biography of Edgar Allan Poe.
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Edgar Allan Poe
As a home schooling parent, I am always on the search for new ways to present the poetry and short stories of Edgar Allan Poe to my children.
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Edgar Allan Poe Museum
Fascinating look into the collected memorabilia of one of America's best loved poets.
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Famous Poet: Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe poems and short bio.
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Finding Inspiration: The Rest of the Books
A breakdown of the horror books you MUST read, and their applicability to gaming.
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Poe's "Annabel Lee"
Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most celebrated American authors of the 19th century. His most memorable works were published shortly before his death in 1849.
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Poe's The Cask of Amatillado
Montresor's vengeful nature is exhibited through his diabolical actions. His complexion remains a mystery to the audience, but the glimpses to his soul display an abyss.
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Poe's The Premature Burial
A synopsis of one of Poe's short stories that convinces the reader that they know what the protagonist will suffer only to discover that he doesn't.
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Synopsis of Poe's William Wilson
A synopsis of Edgar Allan Poe's short story William Wilson the story of a man divided.
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The Black Cat – Summary
The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe is the account of a murder by a man who will be hung the following morning for his crime.
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The Case of M. Valdemar
The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar is one of the shortest of Edgar Allan Poe's short stories. What follows is a synopsis of the story.
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The Gold-Bug by Edgar Allan Poe
The Gold-Bug is Edgar Allan Poe's surprisingly upbeat story about a treasure hunt where nothing bad happens. The following is a summary of this unique Poe story.
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The Haunted Edgar Allan Poe Museum
Richmond, Virginia's Poe Museum boasts the largest collection of the writer's artifacts in the world and may also harbor the spirit of Poe himself.
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The Jingle Man
Because of his abundance of rime, Edgar Allan Poe was labeled by his contemporaries as “The Jingle Man.”
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The Many Faces of Edgar Allan Poe
<b>Q:</b> What do Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, the University of Virginia, the American Renaissance, critiques of Hawthorne's works, and West Point have in common? <b>A:</b> Edgar Allan Poe
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The Masque of the Red Death
A synopsis of the main plot points in Edgar Allen Poe's short story The Masque of the Red Death.
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The Narrator and The Red Mask: A Dual Character?
Attepmt at establishing the narrator in "The Masque of the Red Death"
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The Pit and the Pendulum Summary
A summary of the short story The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe. The Pit and the Pendulum delves into the psychological games played by torturers and the mental
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The Purloined Letter by Edgar Allan Poe
This is a short story review of "The Purloined Letter" by Edgar Allan Poe
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Winners of the 2000 Edgar Allan Poe Awards
The Mystery Writers of America announce the best of 1999.
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Allegory in Masque of Red Death
While many argue that Poe did not intend the story to be an allegory, looking at the elements of the story as pieces in an allegory is an easy way to understand it.
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The Tell-Tale Heart: Summary
A summary of the short story The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe. It is the story of a man who hears the heart of the man he killed still beating when...
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A Quebecois Paean to Lost Love -- 'Annabel Lee' Revisited
Edgar Allan Poe's "Annabel Lee" was published days after his death in 1849. More than a century later, Gilles Tibo's picture book interpretation of Poe's haunting work is an uneasy amalgamation of grown-up themes and naive imagery.
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Charles Baudelaire Wrote Flowers of Evil
Charles Baudelaire wrote Flowers of Evil in 1857. He also published a series of prose poems entitled Paris Spleen, plus translations of Edgar Allan Poe.
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How Scary Should a Scary Story Be?
It is that time of year when those of us who are storytellers are in demand. Why? Because when people think of Halloween, they think of ghosts, goblins, witches and scary stories. How scary should a scary story be? The answer is, it depends. There are many considerations to take into account when we are asked to tell Halloween stories. In this article I address some of those considerations.
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James Cooper's You Are The Fly
Debut collection from Humdrumming Books tips a nod to classics such as Dracula and Edgar Allen Poe but is full of brutal pieces that would make Victor Meldrew blanch.
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NYC Neighborhoods: Turtle Bay
New York City is a bunch of small towns - neighborhoods - gathered together. Each has its charms, its unique population, its own raison d'etre. This one has the U.N.
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Poe and Primitivism in Gauguin's Nevermore
While in Tahiti, inspired by Edgar Allan Poe, Paul Gauguin created this sensuous portrait of a young native woman.
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Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher
A synopsis of Edgar Allan Poe's 'cerebral' horror story, The Fall of the House of Usher.
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Poe's The Sleeper
Poe's "The Sleeper" takes as its subject a beautiful woman in death, the subject that Poe claimed in his essay, "The Philosophy of Composition," to be the most poetic.
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Roger Corman's Poe Films
In the early 1960's legendary low budget film-maker Roger Corman made a series of evocative and successful films based upon the works of Edgar Allan Poe.
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The Descent into the Maelstrom
The Descent into the Maelstrom by Edgar Allan Poe is a short story of suspense about one man's confrontation of death.
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The Raven
A classic American poem, hauntingly illustrated by Ryan Price.
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Ghosts of Authors Past
Looking for an actual apparition or simply the spirit of greatness? Then take a literary tour.
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Great Art is Both Romantic & Classical
The Romantic movement favors subjective, macabre, fantastic, and transcendental subject matter, while the Classical stance favors objectivity and rationality.
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Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
Uniquely unusual museum full of Americana, history, and classically American artifacts.
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Matching Quiz: Detective Fiction Writers and Sleuths
A test of Detective Fiction skills. The readers are to match the sleuths to the famous Detective Fiction Writers. Answers will appear next week.
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Solution to the Detective Fiction Quiz
This is the solution to the Detective Fiction Quiz that appeared last week.
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The Death of Dalziel
A review of Mid-Yorkshire CID's Fat Man and Peter Pascoe's latest mystery, in a series that started with A Clubbable Woman and has been made into a BBC television series.
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Upcoming Horror Films in 2009: July-December
It's the second half of 2009 that promises great things for Horror this year, as the veterans and titans come out to play.
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Men Mystery Writers and Their Works
This is a quiz of mystery men writers and their works.
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Faerie Encounters
Enchanted Forest and Raven's Keep are among the best to make my list. White garden/dark garden.
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How Did Race Become Popular
The article explains how defining race, a term with no scientific meaning, led to racism. The development of racism has negatively impacted American society.
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