Wondering who is the Godfather of horror stories? Edgar Allan Poe leads the pack. Poe revolutionized the genre in the 1840s with his first-person narrative stories like “The Black Cat,” “The Pit and ...
CBS News: Where's Marty? Learning more about the history of Edgar Allan Poe
Explore the triumphant yet tragic story of Edgar Allan Poe. This award-winning documentary explores the triumphant yet tragic story of the brilliant poet, master short story writer, and influential ...
Orlando Sentinel: A fascinatingly atmospheric look at Edgar Allan Poe — and the inner struggles of us all | Review
We meet Edgar Allan Poe, the father of the mystery tale and architect of the modern short story, at age 11, about to start boarding school and already precociously calling himself “remarkable.” He’s ...
A fascinatingly atmospheric look at Edgar Allan Poe — and the inner struggles of us all | Review
The Washington Post: Edgar Allan Poe’s life was a mess. But his work was in his command.
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 Allan Poe” — ...
Edgar Allan Poe’s life was a mess. But his work was in his command.
Wall Street Journal: ‘Edgar Allan Poe’ Review: The Soul Within the Shadow
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 detective ...