When the New York Evening Mirror published Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “The Raven” on January 29, 1845, it catapulted both the work and its author to instant fame. Poe, known for his macabre and ...

To borrow a current idiom, Edgar Allan Poe was a lot. Which means, almost syllogistically, that any biography of him — even one as thoughtful and compassionate as Richard Kopley’s “Edgar ...

Mr. Kopley intends this biography to be “accessible to all.” Alas, while “Edgar Allan Poe” will no doubt assist those in academia, the armchair Poe enthusiast is likely to find it tough going.

Starting out strong with some 19th-century poetry, Stevie Nicks took inspiration from an Edgar Allan Poe piece that was published two days after his death. “Annabel Lee” depicts a passionate ...

Edgar Allan Poe was more than a tormented poetic and literary genius writing macabre stories of gloom; he also ... for macabre stories such as “The Cask of Amontillado,” “The Tell-Tale Heart” and the ...