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Edgar Allan Poe is the inspiration behind one NFL team, the Baltimore Ravens. In 1996, the pro football team took a new name inspired by Poe's most famous work.
Depicting famous author Edgar Allan Poe mouthing the word “Boo!”, this unpainted 11.5″ bust won’t fail to frighten off the most courageous of crows… and possibly even an aggressive ...
Almost one hundred and fifty years after his death, Edgar Allan Poe’s prose and poetry continue to frighten, influence and inspire writers, composers, artists, poets, and readers all over the world.
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 ...
After his death, writer Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) became a global icon of modern literature and a pop culture brand. Best known for his Gothic horror tales and narrative poem “The Raven ...
Throughout January, the world is Edgar Allan Poe’s stage, 200 years after his birth on Jan. 19, 1809, and more than a century and a half after his mysterious demise in a Baltimore gutter.
In the film, "The Pale Blue Eye," a detective investigates a series of murders linked to his own past alongside a young Edgar Allan Poe. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Harry Melling, who plays Poe.