Monday, July 26, 2010

Poe and A.B. Heywood

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The most detailed descriptions we have of Poe's three visits to Lowell, Massachusetts in 1848 and 1849 come from a handful of contempora...
Thursday, July 22, 2010

Marginalia

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In analyzing the relationship between Edgar Allan Poe and "Annie" Richmond, one little-known, but interesting fact stands out: Am...
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 ...
Monday, July 12, 2010

The Strange Life and Death of the "Broadway Journal" (Part Three)

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"Misery is manifold. The wretchedness of earth is multiform." -"Berenice" Whatever the true story may have been, the Br...
Saturday, July 3, 2010

The Strange Life and Death of the "Broadway Journal" (Part Two)

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"For indeed strange things shall happen, and secret things be known..." -"Shadow--A Parable" The means of blowing away a...
Monday, June 28, 2010

The Strange Life and Death of the "Broadway Journal" (Part One)

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"There are some secrets which do not permit themselves to be told." -"The Man of the Crowd" January 3, 1846 marked the f...
Thursday, June 24, 2010

Quote of the Day

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"I will add here, and now (Oct. 1st, 1878,) the opinion; formed long ago and still held by me, that Poe was willing--yes, that he cooll...
Monday, June 21, 2010

Marginalia

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Elizabeth Oakes Smith may have been a successful poet, magazinist, lecturer and essayist, but where Edgar Allan Poe was concerned, she is be...