Edgar Allan Poe admired earlier writers like poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning, who wrote “How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count the Ways,” and Lord Byron, who penned “Don Juan.” Another of his greatest ...

At a press conference on Friday morning, Ms Allan announced her husband blew over the legal limit in Bendigo and his licence has been suspended for three months. She said they had celebrated their son ...

The famed poet died in ‘delirium’, wearing someone else’s clothes. Over 170 years later, we’re still searching for answers. Poet and novelist Edgar Allan Poe died on October 7, 1849. The culprit ...

Sam Lander as Edgar Allan Poe in Lawrence Connolly's new play "Mr. Edgar A. Poe Presents Tales of Mystery, Horror & Imagination." This is WESA Arts, a weekly newsletter by Bill O'Driscoll providing in ...

This episode examines Poe's final days and brings to life renowned works. Poe's young wife suffers a fatal disease, compelling him to write "The Masque of the Red Death" and "The Raven." He strives to ...

The Providence Athenaeum was a central location for both authors, who visited the library during their time in the city. Poe had a tumultuous, short-lived romance and engagement with Providence poet ...

“Once upon a midnight dreary, / while I pondered, weak and weary . . . .” Thus begins the most celebrated spooky poem by the most celebrated of spooky 19th-century American writers. For readers ages 6 ...

Raise a grave-side toast to Edgar Allan Poe at the official party of the International Edgar Allan Poe Festival & Awards. This year’s Black Cat Ball was a Mesmeric Masquerade, a triple invocation of ...

Edgar Allan Poe wrote more comedies and satires than horror stories and is credited with inventing the detective genre. A rival colleague, Rufus Griswold, created the lasting myth that Poe was a ...

Many of the writer’s horror stories were based on haunted realities.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." No other 19 th century author is as omnipresent in today’s pop culture as Edgar Allan Poe. He has ...