Saturday, January 30, 2010

Virginia Clemm Poe: 8/15/1822 - 1/30/1847

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"Ah, broken is the golden bowl! The spirit flown forever! Let the bell toll! — A saintly soul Glides down the Stygian river! And let th...
Monday, January 25, 2010

The Myth of the Poe/Osgood/Griswold "Triangle"

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"The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth" -Jean de la Bruyere Among the tawdrier writings about Edgar ...
Thursday, January 21, 2010

That "New" Poe Portrait

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Evidently, this spring Cowan's will be auctioning off that watercolor portrait of Poe that was recently unveiled to the world. I will b...
Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Poe Toaster, R.I.P.?

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I suppose you all have heard that the Poe Toaster failed for the first time to make his annual appearance. This article doesn't give an...

A Poet's Death Is His Life

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The dark wings of night enfolded the city upon which Nature had spread a pure white garment of snow; and men deserted the streets for their ...
Friday, January 15, 2010

"Instinct vs. Reason--A Black Cat"

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"Instinct, so far from being an inferior reason, is perhaps the most exacted intellect of all. It will appear to the true philosopher ...
Monday, January 11, 2010

Poe In Short Fiction...

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With the exception of Harold Schechter's murder-mystery series, all the many novels I have encountered which feature Edgar Allan Poe as ...
Monday, January 4, 2010

Poe and Thomas Dunn English

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It is well-known among students of Edgar Allan Poe that he and Thomas Dunn English became the most bitter of enemies in 1846, a feud which c...