The World of Edgar Allan Poe

Today, we look back fondly on a minor Poe feud that took place this week in 1845. Obscure an incident as it may be, I felt it was still wor...

"Misery is manifold. The wretchedness of earth is multiform." -"Berenice" Whatever the true story may have been, the Br...

"For indeed strange things shall happen, and secret things be known..." -"Shadow--A Parable" The means of blowing away a...

"There are some secrets which do not permit themselves to be told." -"The Man of the Crowd" January 3, 1846 marked the f...

One of the more irritating traits found among Poe's biographers is their tendency to repeat the same statements over and over without ev...

On January 2, 1846, Cornelia Walter, editor of the "Boston Transcript" (who had been conducting a public feud with Poe for several...