Sunday, January 30, 2011

It Was Many and Many a Year Ago...

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"Both we, and the beings I have mentioned as inhabiting the other elements, vanish into air at death, and go out of existence, spirit a...
Saturday, January 29, 2011

And the World Has Been Raven Mad Ever Since

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In honor of the anniversary of the first appearance in print of Poe's most famous work, I offer several contemporary tributes, which, wh...
Monday, January 24, 2011

Marginalia

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In his recent book, "Poe in His Own Time," Benjamin F. Fisher made reference to Elizabeth Oakes Smith's copious writings about...
Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Happy Birthday, Edgar!

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The following lines were written by an anonymous wit in 1909. The writer was having a bit of fun with the various events held for the Poe C...
Monday, January 17, 2011

The Reticent Mrs. Shelton (Part Two)

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"The more meticulously we scrutinize the documents, the more painfully do we become aware how dubious is the authenticity of historical...
Monday, January 10, 2011

The Reticent Mrs. Shelton (Part One of Two)

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"In biography the truth is everything, and in auto-biography it is especially so." -"The Business Man" In 1874, a Richmo...
Thursday, January 6, 2011

Quote of the Day

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"It is observable that, while among all nations the omni-color, white, has been received as an emblem of the Pure, the no-color, black,...
Monday, January 3, 2011

A Particularly Questionable Poe Letter

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"My dear little wife grew much better from the very first day after taking the Jew's Beer. It seemed to have the most instantaneou...