The World of Edgar Allan Poe

...Although, by this point, perhaps it would be more appropriate to forget about carnivals, and start in on the "Masque of the Red Deat...

“We repeat that ‘somebody is a thief,’ and the only doubt in our mind is about the sincerity of any one who shall say that somebody is not....

"But the man who shall deny the plagiarism abstractly--what is it that he calls upon us to believe?...Now the chances that these...coin...

I think this news story speaks for itself. (Yes, the whole "Raven's Bride" kerfuffle has now drawn the attention of the Asso...

Regarding that column in today's Guardian : Hart claims that I have “made a crusade of attacking anyone who writes about Poe.” No. I...

Apologies to anyone getting bored by the fact that this blog seems to have morphed into “Plagiarism ‘R’ Us,” but I wanted to summarize the p...

“…if the theft had to be committed ‘in open day’ it would not be committed; if the thief ‘knew’ that everyone would cry him down, he would ...

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the bookstores... Life is getting interesting.

Allow me to present a few of the recent search terms that have led people to my doorstep: sarah helen whitman is alive sarah helen power whi...

" Is this plagiarism or is it not ?--I merely ask for information." -Edgar Allan Poe, "Marginalia" Sorry for the lack o...

"Is it altogether impossible that a critic be instigated to the exposure of a plagiarism, or still better, of plagiarism generally wher...

I've posted my assessment of Lenore Hart's new Virginia Poe novel, "The Raven's Bride" elsewhere, so I won't repe...