The World of Edgar Allan Poe

"Annabel Lee" is arguably Poe's most well-loved poem--certainly, it is one of the most controversial. Like "The Raven,...

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

When examining the relationship between Frances S. Osgood and Poe, one crucial detail that is always overlooked is the simple fact that afte...

I dwelt alone In a world of moan, And my soul was a stagnant tide, Till the fair and gentle Eulalie became my blushing bride — Till the ye...

"A poltroon charges his foe, by instinct, with precisely that vice or meanness which the pricking of his (the poltroon's) conscienc...

"The touchstone by which falsehood is detected is inconsistency. In a true narrative, inconsistencies are impossible." -Jeremy Be...

A 19th-century painter named John Frankenstein (yes!) blamed his lack of success on the refusal of various prominent people to recognize his...

On this blog, I have often referred to Susan Archer Talley Weiss, that prolific and pathological liar. It is hard, however, to describe her...