Showing posts with label Thomas Mabbott. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thomas Mabbott. Show all posts
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 28, 2011

The Name of Annabel Lee (Part One of Two)

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"It was many and many a year ago In a kingdom by the sea That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of Annabel Lee......
Monday, October 18, 2010

The Many Faces of Virginia Poe

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"When a man makes up his mind without evidence, no evidence disproving his opinion will change his mind." -Robert A. Heinlein The ...
Monday, September 13, 2010

In Which Undine Actually Has a Good Word For Someone

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"History is full of calumnies, of calumnies that can never be effaced." -Henry Hallam S.S. Osgood self-portrait France...
Monday, May 24, 2010

Poe and Dumas; Or, the Forgery That Dare Not Speak Its Name

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In 1929, a well-known rare book dealer named Gabriel Wells presented the world with an amazing footnote to history. He announced that durin...
Thursday, September 24, 2009

Rating Poe Biography: The Good, the Bad, and the Simply Insane (Part Two)

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The Bad: (A note: Essentially, this category consists of practically every book ever published about Poe other than the ones mentioned in m...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Nota Bene

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In 1827, a young writer named Lambert A. Wilmer published in Baltimore a verse drama entitled "Merlin." It was a commonplace sund...