To borrow a current idiom, Edgar Allan Poe was a lot. Which means, almost syllogistically, that any biography of him — even one as thoughtful and compassionate as Richard Kopley’s “Edgar ...

Edgar Allan Poe does not suffer from a shortage of biographers, and Richard Kopley pays tribute to two of them: Arthur Hobson Quinn and Kenneth Silverman. So, what is there to add? The short answer, ...

So, it was quite easy to assemble 75 Edgar Allan Poe quotes to demonstrate his thoughts about life. I remember reading ... He ...

I n the annals of American literary culture, few have left as bold a mark as Edgar Allan Poe. In 1841, with the locked-room mystery “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” Poe invent ...

If you’ve ever enjoyed a popular work not for the lessons it teaches (think Austen) but for the sheer, thrilling pleasure it brings, then you owe a debt to Edgar Allan Poe, who, early in his career ..

There are also permanent and rotating exhibits that catalogue Poe's life, work and ties to Baltimore ... and not filled with period decor. The Edgar Allan Poe House is open Thursday through ...

It is well that a writer of such canonical importance should have a definitive biography, and Richard Kopley certainly seems the man to write it. With “Edgar Allan Poe: A Life” Mr. Kopley ...