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 ...

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 ...

It’s possible that Edgar Allan Poe may have been killed by nineteenth ... ‘coop’ them up in a room, and feed them alcohol and maybe opium until it’s time to vote,” Jang said.

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 ...

The Edgar Allan Poe Speakeasy is a distinctive theatrical ... It’s a tale of violence, guilt and the destructive nature of alcoholism. The story finds its place in Poe’s horror genre as ...

Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer ... Several of Poe’s works have dark and complex themes, such as death, alcoholism, ...

With “Edgar Allan Poe: A Life” Mr. Kopley ... Repeatedly he swore off alcohol, yet repeatedly he succumbed. Accounts vary (and much remains unknown) as to Poe’s whereabouts shortly before ...