I thought I’d share some of my favorite Poe-related items:
(c) Sue Beatrice, All Natural Arts
To One in Paradise – Not one of his well-known works, but I liked this poem so much, I memorized it in high school.
A Dream Within A Dream – Another of my favorite Poe poems, with its desperation and despair at the inevitable passage of time and meaninglessness of life.
Masters of Horror: The Black Cat – TV episode starring Jeffrey Combs as Poe.
Stonehearst Asylum – Movie loosely based on the short story “The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether” by Poe. Don’t watch any trailers, though, they all contain spoilers.
How well do you know Edgar Allan Poe? (quiz)
Poe Museum <— Visit
PoeStories.com <— Read more of his poems and stories here.
Born in Boston on January 19, 1809, Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, editor, and literary critic, best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and macabre. A central figure of Romanticism (emphasis on emotion and individualism as well as glorification of all the past and nature), Poe is considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre and contributed to the emerging genre of science fiction. He died in Baltimore on October 7, 1849, under mysterious circumstances.
~ J.L. Hilton
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