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The Haunting of Edgar Allan Poe

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Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic best known for his mysterious and often macabre poetry and short stories. Poe is widely regarded as one of the central figures of Romanticism and Gothic fiction in early American literature. Poe was also a pioneer of both detective fiction and science fiction. Though he often found himself in dire financial straits, he was one of the first American authors to earn a living exclusively from writing and editing. BIOGRAPHY: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe BIOGRAPHY: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/edgar-allan-poe BIOGRAPHY (with numerous links): https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edgar-Allan-Poe

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Web Resources: Print

BIOGRAPHY: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_PoeBIOGRAPHY: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/edgar-allan-poeBIOGRAPHY (with numerous links): https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edgar-Allan-PoeTHE POE MUSEUM (Richmond, VA): https://poemuseum.org/THE POE SOCIETY OF BALTIMORE: https://www.eapoe.org/index.htmTHE POE HOUSE (Philadelphia, PA): https://www.nps.gov/places/poe-house.htmPOE’S DEATH (Smithsonian Magazine): https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/still-mysterious-death-edgar-allan-poe-180952936/ POE'S DEATH: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Edgar_Allan_Poe POE AND THE DETECTIVE STORY: https://lithub.com/we-have-edgar-allen-poe-to-thank-for-the-detective-story/POE AND THE DETECTIVE STORY: https://crimereads.com/when-poe-invented-the-detective-story-he-changed-the-literary-world-forever/POE AND SCIENCE FICTION: https://www.nps.gov/articles/poe-sciencefiction.htmPOE BIO WITH EMPHASIS ON SCI-FI: https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/poe_edgar_allanPOE AND AMERICAN GOTHIC LITERATURE: https://www.grin.com/document/288323COMPLETE POEMS with annotations and links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poems_by_Edgar_Allan_Poe COMPLETE STORIES (links to all 45): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Short_stories_by_Edgar_Allan_PoePOE’S ONLY NOVEL: https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/story-edgar-allan-poes-novel/9672/TEN BEST SHORT STORIES: https://bookriot.com/best-edgar-allan-poe-stories/TEN BEST SHORT STORIES: https://interestingliterature.com/2015/10/the-best-edgar-allan-poe-stories/TEN BEST SHORT STORIES: https://www.popmatters.com/edgar-allan-poes-10-best-storiesTEN BEST POEMS: https://poemanalysis.com/best-poems/edgar-allan-poe/TEN BEST POEMS: https://interestingliterature.com/2019/07/the-best-edgar-allan-poe-poems-everyone-should-read/TEN BEST POEMS: https://learnodo-newtonic.com/edgar-allan-poe-famous-poems
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Web Resources: Video

FULL BIOGRAPHY (from Biography Channel): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5two65m1QE4-MINUTE BIO (from Biography Channel): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-387NMCR6w5-MINUTE TED/ED OVERVIEW “Why You Should Read Edgar Allan Poe”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lgg-pVjOokBIOGRAPHY AND OVERVIEW (Biographics): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-m9p2Z5DqWYTHE RAVEN (Christopher Lee): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BefliMlEzZ8THE TELL-TALE HEART (25-minute film): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMBihsb14-4POE AND VIRGINIA CLEMM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoYWn8nRCEA

Virginia Clemm Poe

Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe (née Clemm; August 15, 1822 – January 30, 1847) was the wife of American writer Edgar Allan Poe. The couple were first cousins and publicly married when Virginia Clemm was 13 and Poe was 27. Biographers disagree as to the nature of the couple's relationship. Though their marriage was loving, some biographers suggest they viewed one another more like a brother and sister. In January 1842, she contracted tuberculosis, growing worse for five years until she died of the disease at the age of 24 in the family's cottage, at that time outside New York City. Along with other family members, Virginia Clemm and Edgar Allan Poe lived together off and on for several years before their marriage. The couple often moved to accommodate Poe's employment, living intermittently in Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York. A few years after their wedding, Poe was involved in a substantial scandal involving Frances Sargent Osgood and Elizabeth F. Ellet. Rumors about amorous improprieties on her husband's part affected Virginia Poe so much that on her deathbed she claimed that Ellet had murdered her. After her death, her body was eventually placed under the same memorial marker as her husband's in Westminster Hall and Burying Ground in Baltimore, Maryland. Only one image of Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe has been authenticated: a watercolor portrait painted several hours after her death. The disease and eventual death of his wife had a substantial effect on Edgar Allan Poe, who became despondent and turned to alcohol to cope. Her struggles with illness and death are believed to have affected his poetry and prose, where dying young women appear as a frequent motif, as in "Annabel Lee", "The Raven", and "Ligeia".

Poe's Women

Overview (National Park Service): https://www.nps.gov/articles/poeromances.htm Overview (Poe Museum): https://poemuseum.org/the-women-in-poes-life/ The Deaths of Poe's Women (PBS; American Masters video): https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/deaths-women-poes-life/9559/