To borrow a current idiom, Edgar Allan Poe ... To the first editor who would listen to him, Poe declared: “I am young — not yet twenty — am a poet — if deep worship of all beauty can ...

In the annals of American literary culture, few have left as bold a mark as Edgar Allan ... Poe invented the genre of detective fiction. Four years later he introduced into poetry the indelible ...

Edgar Allan ... Poe’s former room at 13 West Range, his quarters as a short-lived student at UVA. Much has been written about Poe, known for macabre stories such as “The Cask of Amontillado,” “The ...