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.

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 ...

It’s one of the most recognizable (and spookiest) poems in English. When Poe was writing “The Raven,” his wife, Virginia, was suffering from tuberculosis. It was a weird marriage—Virginia ...

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 ...

Edgar Allan Poe, American, 1809–1849 Catalogue Status Research in Progress Description Printed proof of an illustration for a 1946 edition of The Complete Poems and Stories of Edgar Allan Poe, ...