New York Sun: This Edgar Allan Poe Biography Is One for the Ages
Edgar Allan Poe does not suffer from a shortage of biographers, and Richard Kopley pays tribute to two of them: Arthur Hobson Quinn and Kenneth Silverman. So, what is there to add? The short answer, ...
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.
Mark Dawidziak's fresh new biography of Edgar Allan Poe, A Mystery of Mysteries, is cleverly framed as an investigation into the writer’s puzzling demise: Poe died in Baltimore in 1849 at age 40 under ...
Peter Tantsits as Edgar Allan Poe in "The Voyage of Edgar Allan Poe." (Courtesy Kathy Wittman/Ball Square Films) A lot of us know this iconic opening line: “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I ...
Post and Courier: A tell-tale presence: Edgar Allan Poe's Charleston connection from fact to lore
The Netflix movie "The Pale Blue Eye" and series "The Fall of the House of Usher" are reminding streamers of Edgar Allan Poe's influence on modern society almost 200 years after his death. The short ...
A tell-tale presence: Edgar Allan Poe's Charleston connection from fact to lore
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 ...