Edgar Allan Poe was more than a tormented poetic and literary genius ... his personal losses and struggles with depression, alcoholism and poverty – with close readings of his work. The focus is not ...

On Oct. 3, 1849, American poet Edgar Allan Poe was found delirious ... also a common way of referring to death by means of alcoholism. Many theories have circulated as to what caused his death ...

The Edgar Allen Poe Society of Baltimore notes some ... One probable cause of death was the apparent overconsumption of alcohol. Poe "engaged in bouts of drinking" especially in the 1840s, but ...

I n the annals of American literary culture, few have left as bold a mark as Edgar Allan Poe. In 1841, with the locked-room mystery “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” Poe invent ...

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 ...

Coming to Erie in April is an event for those 21 and older that will pair chilling works by Edgar Allan Poe with cocktails.

In the annals of American literary culture, few have left as bold a mark as Edgar Allan Poe. In 1841, with the locked-room mystery “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” Poe invented the genre of ...