Showing posts with label Marie Louise Shew Houghton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Marie Louise Shew Houghton. Show all posts
Sunday, October 2, 2011

I'm back...

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...Temporarily, at least. And not here. Today I'm guest-posting over at that lethally interesting blog, Executed Today . I'm expl...
Monday, May 23, 2011

Two Questionable Poe Poems [Updated]

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Over the years, many works that have either disappeared or that were published anonymously have been "attributed" to Poe. Some of ...
Monday, March 7, 2011

Poe's Perplexing Parents: Elizabeth Arnold Poe

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In regards to Edgar Poe's mother, Elizabeth Arnold Poe, her mystery lies not in her death, but her life. It is a curious fact that the ...
Monday, February 7, 2011

The Grotesque and Arabesque Stella Lewis (Part One of Two)

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In an earlier post , I touched briefly on the odd and rather slimy role Sarah Anna Lewis played in the last two years of Poe's life. I ...
Monday, November 8, 2010

In Defense of Maria Clemm (Part Three)

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4. Mrs. Clemm's fourth and final affront against the sensibilities of the biographers is the fact that she allowed Rufus W. Griswold to...
Monday, July 19, 2010

Quote of the Day

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"I do like Mrs. H[oughton] so much for herself & not only for her goodness to Poe, but your suggestion as to that copy of a letter ...
Tuesday, November 10, 2009

The Dark Side of Marie Shew Houghton

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This link includes a biographical article on Marie Louise Shew Houghton, (the woman who is always extravagantly described as the Poe family...