About Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective-fiction genre. He is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. He was the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career.
He was born as Edgar Poe in Boston, Massachusetts; he was orphaned young when his mother died shortly after his father abandoned the family. Poe was taken in by John and Frances Allan, of Richmond, Virginia, but they never formally adopted him. He attended the University of Virginia for one semester but left due to lack of money. After enlisting in the Army and later failing as an officer's cadet at West Point, Poe parted ways with the Allans. Poe's publishing career began humbly, with an anonymous collection of poems, Tamerlane and Other Poems (1827), credited only to "a Bostonian".
Poe switched his focus to prose and spent the next several years working for literary journals and periodicals, becoming known for his own style of literary criticism. His work forced him to move between several cities, including Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York City. In Baltimore in 1835, he married Virginia Clemm, his 13-year-old cousin. In January 1845, Poe published his poem "The Raven" to instant success. His wife died of tuberculosis two years later. He began planning to produce his own journal, The Penn (later renamed The Stylus), though he died before it could be produced. On October 7, 1849, at age 40, Poe died in Baltimore; the cause of his death is unknown and has been variously attributed to alcohol, brain congestion, cholera, drugs, heart disease, rabies, suicide, tuberculosis, and other agents.
Poe and his works influenced literature in the United States and around the world, as well as in specialized fields, such as cosmology and cryptography. Poe and his work appear throughout popular culture in literature, music, films, and television. A number of his homes are dedicated museums today.
Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective-fiction genre. He is further credited with contributing to the em...
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| 1. Complete Tales & Poems (Kindle Edition)
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher: Vintage
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06/13/2012
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| 2. El Gato Negro (Spanish Edition) (Kindle Edition)
Author: Edgar Allan Poe |
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04/28/2012
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| 3. Tales Of Mystery And Imagination (Everyman Paperback Classics) (Kindle E...
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher: Phoenix
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04/26/2012
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10 Reviews |
| 4. Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe (Kindle Edition)
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher: Doubleday
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04/18/2012
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130 Reviews |
| 5. The Raven and Other Writings (Aladdin Classics) (Kindle Edition)
Author: Avi, Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher: Aladdin
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02/28/2012
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| 6. La máscara de la muerte roja (Spanish Edition) (Kindle Edition)
Author: Edgar Allan Poe |
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11/25/2011
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13 Reviews |
| 7. El retrato oval (Spanish Edition) (Kindle Edition)
Author: Edgar Allan Poe |
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11/25/2011
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| 8. NARRACIONES EXTRAORDINARIAS (Biblioteca Edaf De Bolsillo) (Spanish Editi...
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher: EDAF
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11/16/2011
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| 9. The Raven and Other Stories by Edgar Allan Poe (Hardcover)
Author: Edgar Allan Poe, Ben Templesmith
Publisher: IDW Publishing
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10/25/2011
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22 Reviews |
| 10. The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Stories (Paperback)
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher: Puffin
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05/12/2011
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187 Reviews |
| 11. Las aventuras de Arthur Gordon Pym (Spanish Edition) (Kindle Edition)
Author: Edgar Allan Poe |
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05/12/2011
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| 12. The Tales of Edgar Allan Poe: A Kaplan SAT Score-Raising Classic (Kindle...
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher: Kaplan Test Prep
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05/03/2011
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| 13. Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe (Illustrated) (Kindle Edition)
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher: Delphi Classics
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04/29/2011
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11 Reviews |
| 14. The Masque of the Red Death (Kindle Edition)
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher: United Holdings Group
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01/18/2011
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8 Reviews |
| 15. The Gold-Bug (Kindle Edition)
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher: United Holdings Group
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01/08/2011
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| 16. The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe (Barnes & Noble Leather ...
Author: Edgar Allan Poe, Poe, Allen Poe
Publisher: Barnes and Noble
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10/01/2010
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| 17. Eureka; A Prose Poem (Paperback)
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher: General Books LLC
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09/18/2010
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17 Reviews |
| 18. The Masque of the Red Death (Paperback)
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher: FQ Books
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07/06/2010
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51 Reviews |
| 19. Annabel Lee: Shmoop Poetry Guide (Paperback)
Author: Edgar Allan Poe, Shmoop
Publisher: Shmoop University Inc
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06/16/2010
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| 20. The Fall of the House of Usher: And Other Stories (Vintage Classics) (Pa...
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher: Vintage Classics
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05/31/2010
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| 21. The Masque of the Red Death: Shmoop Literature Guide (Paperback)
Author: Edgar Allan Poe, Shmoop
Publisher: Shmoop University Inc
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05/11/2010
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| 22. The Gold Bug (German Edition) (Paperback)
Author: Edgar Allan Poe |
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01/10/2010
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59 Reviews |
| 23. Narraciones extraordinarias (Spanish Edition) (Kindle Edition)
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher: Editorial EDAF
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01/01/2010
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| 24. The Conchologist's First Book: A System of Testaceous Malacology, Arrang...
Author: Edgar Allan Poe, Thomas Brown
Publisher: BiblioBazaar
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12/08/2009
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| 25. The Works of Edgar of Allan Poe, Vol. 3 (Hardcover)
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher: BCR (Bibliographical Center for Research)
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12/07/2009
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