The World of Edgar Allan Poe

The truth was stranger than his fiction

Monday, February 13, 2012

A Neglected Anniversary

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As you may know, today happens to be the anniversary of the birth of the most notorious figure in Poe’s history, the Reverend Doctor Rufus W...
Thursday, February 9, 2012

Some Overlooked Poe Reminiscences

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The following article, “The Character of Edgar Allan Poe,” appeared in the “Brooklyn Magazine” for March 1886. It was written by Margaret E...
Sunday, January 29, 2012

Walt Whitman and "The Raven"

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"The Raven," as you may already know, saw its probable first publication (in the New York "Evening Mirror") on this day ...
Thursday, January 19, 2012

Happy Birthday To You...

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"If I could dwell Where Israfel Hath dwelt, and he where I, He might not sing so wildly well A mortal melody, While a bolder note than ...
Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Plagiarism Carnival #2

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...Although, by this point, perhaps it would be more appropriate to forget about carnivals, and start in on the "Masque of the Red Deat...
Wednesday, January 4, 2012

"Science! true daughter of Old Time thou art!"

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" What I here propound is true :--therefore it cannot die--or if by any means it be now trodden down so that it die, it will 'rise ...
Saturday, December 31, 2011

Happy New Year From the World of Poe

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Ringing in the New Year at Washington Cathedral: ...What a liquid ditty floats To the turtle-dove that listens while she gloats On the moon!...
Saturday, December 24, 2011

Decking the Halls, Edgar Allan Poe Style

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A little gem I found on YouTube. Poe! Poe! Poe! Merry Christmas!
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