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Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is...
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The Black Cat
"The Black Cat" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. It was first published in the August 19, 1843, edition of The Saturday Evening Post. It is a study of the psychology of guilt, often paired in analysis with Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart". In both, a...
- x Author:
- Edgar Allan Poe
- x Date of first publication:
- Aug 1843
- x Editor:
The Devil in the Belfry
"The Devil in the Belfry" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. It was first published in 1839.
It is a satirical short story, making fun of the United States President Martin Van Buren and his election methods, by ridiculing the inhabitants of...
- x Author:
- Edgar Allan Poe
- x Date of first publication:
- 1839
- x Editor:
The Balloon-Hoax
"The Balloon-Hoax" is the title now used for a newspaper article written by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1844. Originally presented as a true story, it detailed European Monck Mason's trip across the Atlantic Ocean in only three days in a gas...
- x Author:
- Edgar Allan Poe
- x Date of first publication:
- Apr 13, 1844
- x Editor:
The Pit and the Pendulum
"The Pit and the Pendulum" is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1842. The story is about the torments endured by a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition, though Poe skews historical facts. The narrator of the story is...
- x Author:
- Edgar Allan Poe,
- Nancy Kilpatrick
- x Date of first publication:
- x Editor:
The Raven
"The Raven" is a narrative poem by the American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in January 1845. It is often noted for its musicality, stylized language, and supernatural atmosphere. It tells of a talking raven's mysterious visit to a...
- x Author:
- Edgar Allan Poe
- x Date of first publication:
- x Editor:
The Masque of the Red Death
"The Masque of the Red Death", originally published as "The Mask of the Red Death"(1842) is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. The story follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague known as the Red Death by hiding in his abbey. He,...
- x Author:
- Edgar Allan Poe
- x Date of first publication:
- May 1842
- x Editor:
A Descent into the Maelstrom
"A Descent into the Maelström" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. In the tale, a man recounts how he survived a shipwreck and a whirlpool. It has been grouped with Poe's tales of ratiocination and also labeled an early form of science fiction....
- x Author:
- Edgar Allan Poe
- x Date of first publication:
- Apr 1841
- x Editor:
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe published in Graham's Magazine in 1841. It has been claimed as the first detective story; Poe referred to it as one of his "tales of ratiocination". Similar works predate Poe's...
- x Author:
- Edgar Allan Poe
- x Date of first publication:
- Apr 1841
- x Editor:
The Purloined Letter
"The Purloined Letter" is a short story by American author Edgar Allan Poe. It is the third of his three detective stories featuring the fictional C. Auguste Dupin, the other two being "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and "The Mystery of Marie Rogêt"...
- x Author:
- Edgar Allan Poe
- x Date of first publication:
- Dec 1844
- x Editor:
The Tell-Tale Heart
"The Tell-Tale Heart" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe first published in 1843. It follows an unnamed narrator who insists on his sanity after murdering an old man with a "vulture eye". The murder is carefully calculated, and the murderer hides...
- x Author:
- Edgar Allan Poe
- x Date of first publication:
- Jan 1843
- x Editor:
The Cask of Amontillado
"The Cask of Amontillado" (sometimes spelled "The Casque of Amontillado") is a short story, written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in the November 1846 issue of Godey's Lady's Book.
The story is set in a nameless Italian city in an...
- x Author:
- Edgar Allan Poe
- x Date of first publication:
- Nov 1846
- x Editor:
Annabel Lee
"Annabel Lee" is the last complete poem composed by American author Edgar Allan Poe. Like many of Poe's poems, it explores the theme of the death of a beautiful woman. The narrator, who fell in love with Annabel Lee when they were young, has a love...
- x Author:
- Edgar Allan Poe
- x Date of first publication:
- 1849
- x Editor:
The Gold-Bug
"The Gold-Bug" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. Set on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, the plot follows William Legrand, who was recently bitten by a gold-colored bug, as well as his servant Jupiter and an unnamed narrator. Legrand pulls the...
- x Author:
- Edgar Allan Poe
- x Date of first publication:
- 1843
- x Editor:
The Conqueror Worm
"The Conqueror Worm" is a poem by Edgar Allan Poe about human mortality and the inevitability of death. It was first published separately in Graham's Magazine in 1843, but quickly became associated with Poe's short story "Ligeia" after Poe added the...
- x Author:
- Edgar Allan Poe
- x Date of first publication:
- 1843
- x Editor:
The Fall of the House of Usher
"The Fall of the House of Usher" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published September 1839 in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine. It was slightly revised in 1840 for the collection Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque. It contains within it the...
- x Author:
- Edgar Allan Poe
- x Date of first publication:
- Sep 1839
- x Editor:
Lenore
"Lenore" is a poem by the American author Edgar Allan Poe. It began as a different poem, "A Paean", and was not published as "Lenore" until 1843.
The poem discusses proper decorum in the wake of the death of a young woman, described as "the...
- x Author:
- Edgar Allan Poe
- x Date of first publication:
- 1843
- x Editor:
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (1838) is the only complete novel written by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. The work relates the tale of the young Arthur Gordon Pym who stows away aboard a whaling ship called Grampus. Various...
- x Author:
- Edgar Allan Poe
- x Date of first publication:
- Jul 1838
- x Editor:
Ulalume
"Ulalume" is a poem written by Edgar Allan Poe in 1847. Much like a few of Poe's other poems (such as "The Raven", "Annabel Lee", and "Lenore"), "Ulalume" focuses on the narrator's loss of a beautiful woman due to her untimely death. Poe originally...
- x Author:
- Edgar Allan Poe
- x Date of first publication:
- x Editor:
The City in the Sea
"The City in the Sea" is a poem by Edgar Allan Poe. The final version was published in 1845, but earlier version was published as "The Doomed City" in 1831 and, later, as "The City of Sin". The poem tells the story of a city ruled by Death using...
- x Author:
- Edgar Allan Poe
- x Date of first publication:
- x Editor:
The Philosophy of Composition
"The Philosophy of Composition" is an essay written by American writer Edgar Allan Poe that elucidates a theory about how good writers write when they write well. He concludes that length, "unity of effect" and a logical method are important...
- x Author:
- Edgar Allan Poe
- x Date of first publication:
- Apr 1846
- x Editor:
William Wilson
"William Wilson" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1839, with a setting inspired by Poe's formative years outside of London. The tale follows the theme of the doppelgänger and is written in a style based on rationality. It also...
- x Author:
- Edgar Allan Poe
- x Date of first publication:
- Oct 1839
- x Editor:
The Oval Portrait
"The Oval Portrait" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe involving the disturbing circumstances surrounding a portrait in a chateau. It is one of his shortest stories, filling only two pages in its initial publication in 1842.
The tale begins with an...
- x Author:
- Edgar Allan Poe
- x Date of first publication:
- Apr 1842
- x Editor:
The Divine Right of Kings
"The Divine Right of Kings" is a poem attributed to Edgar Allan Poe. It appeared in Graham's Magazine, October 1845. The "King" of the title is Ellen King, possibly representing Frances Sargent Osgood, to whom the writer pledges his devotion.
- x Author:
- Edgar Allan Poe
- x Date of first publication:
- Oct 1845
- x Editor:
Al Aaraaf
"Al Aaraaf" is an early poem by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1829. It is based on stories from the Qur'an, and tells of the afterlife in a place called Al Aaraaf. It is Poe's longest poem.
"Al Aaraaf", which Poe claimed to...
- x Author:
- Edgar Allan Poe
- x Date of first publication:
- x Editor:
The Light-House
"The Light-House" is the unofficial title of the last work written by Edgar Allan Poe. He did not live to finish it, and had barely begun it by the time of his death in 1849.
The story is told as a series of diary entries, the first being New Year's...
- x Author:
- Edgar Allan Poe
- x Date of first publication:
- x Editor:
The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
"The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" is a short story by American author Edgar Allan Poe about a mesmerist who puts a man in a suspended hypnotic state at the moment of death. An example of a tale of suspense and horror, it is also, to a certain...
- x Author:
- Edgar Allan Poe
- x Date of first publication:
- Dec 1845
- x Editor:
The Bells
"The Bells" is a heavily onomatopoeic poem by Edgar Allan Poe which was not published until after his death in 1849. It is perhaps best known for the diacopic repetition of the word "bells." The poem has four parts to it; each part becomes darker...
- x Author:
- Edgar Allan Poe
- x Date of first publication:
- x Editor:
The Angel of the Odd
"The Angel of the Odd" is an 1844 short story written by 19th century author Edgar Allan Poe. It is written as a satire.
The story follows an unnamed narrator who reads a story about a man who died after accidentally sucking a needle down his throat...
- x Author:
- Edgar Allan Poe
- x Date of first publication:
- Oct 1844
- x Editor:
The Mystery of Marie Roget
"The Mystery of Marie Rogêt", often subtitled A Sequel to "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe written in 1842. This is the first murder mystery based on the details of a real crime. It first appeared in Snowden's...
- x Author:
- Edgar Allan Poe
- x Date of first publication:
- 1842
- x Editor:
Berenice
"Berenice" is a short horror story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in the Southern Literary Messenger in 1835. The story follows a man named Egaeus who is preparing to marry his cousin Berenice. He has a tendency to fall into periods of intense...
- x Author:
- Edgar Allan Poe
- x Date of first publication:
- Mar 1835
- x Editor:
The Poetic Principle
"The Poetic Principle" is an essay by Edgar Allan Poe, written near the end of his life and published posthumously in 1850 (Poe died in 1849). It is a work of literary criticism, and one of the most complete (but still far from being truly complete)...
- x Author:
- Edgar Allan Poe
- x Date of first publication:
- 1850
- x Editor:
The Premature Burial
"The Premature Burial" is a horror short story on the theme of being buried alive, written by Edgar Allan Poe and published in 1844 in The Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper. Fear of being buried alive was common in this period and Poe was taking...
- x Author:
- Edgar Allan Poe
- x Date of first publication:
- 1844
- x Editor:
Ligeia
"Ligeia" is an early short story written by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1838. The story follows an unnamed narrator and his wife Ligeia, a beautiful and intelligent raven-haired woman. She falls ill, composes "The Conqueror Worm", and quotes...
- x Author:
- Edgar Allan Poe
- x Date of first publication:
- x Editor:
The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion
"The Conversation of Eiros And Charmion" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, an apocalyptic science fiction story first published in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine in 1839.
Two people, who have been renamed Eiros and Charmion after death, discuss...
- x Author:
- Edgar Allan Poe
- x Date of first publication:
- Dec 1839
- x Editor:
MS. Found in a Bottle
"MS. Found in a Bottle" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. The plot follows an unnamed narrator at sea who finds himself in a series of harrowing circumstances. As he nears his own disastrous death while his ship drives ever...
- x Author:
- Edgar Allan Poe
- x Date of first publication:
- Oct 13, 1833
- x Editor:
The Spectacles
"The Spectacles" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, published in 1844. It is one of Poe's comedy tales.
The narrator, 22-year old Napoleon Buonaparte, changes his last name from "Froissart" to "Simpson" as a requirement to inherit a large sum from...
- x Author:
- Edgar Allan Poe
- x Date of first publication:
- Mar 1844
- x Editor:
A Tale of Jerusalem
"A Tale of Jerusalem" is a 1832 short story by American author, poet, and critic Edgar Allan Poe.
- x Author:
- Edgar Allan Poe
- x Date of first publication:
- x Editor:
The Sleeper
"The Sleeper" is a poem by American author, poet, literary critic, and editor Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849).
- x Author:
- Edgar Allan Poe
- x Date of first publication:
- x Editor:
The Valley of Unrest
"The Valley of Unrest" is a poem by American author, poet, literary critic, and editor Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849).
- x Author:
- Edgar Allan Poe
- x Date of first publication:
- x Editor:
Israfel
"Israfel" is a poem by American author, poet, literary critic, and editor Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849).
- x Author:
- Edgar Allan Poe
- x Date of first publication:
- x Editor:
For Annie
"For Annie" is a poem by American author, poet, literary critic, and editor Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849).
- x Author:
- Edgar Allan Poe
- x Date of first publication:
- x Editor:
Dream-Land
"Dream-Land" is a poem by American author, poet, literary critic, and editor Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849).
- x Author:
- Edgar Allan Poe
- x Date of first publication:
- x Editor:
A Dream
"A Dream" is a poem by American author, poet, literary critic, and editor Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849).The opening stanza of the poem is as follows: In visions of the dark night I have dreamed of joy departed- But a waking...
- x Author:
- Edgar Allan Poe
- x Date of first publication:
- x Editor:
The Unparalled Adventures of One Hans Pfall
- x Author:
- Edgar Allan Poe
- x Date of first publication:
- x Editor:
The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherezade
- x Author:
- Edgar Allan Poe
- x Date of first publication:
- x Editor:
King Pest
"King Pest", also called "King Pest the First -- A Tale Containing an Allegory" is a short story by American writer and poet Edgar Allan Poe, first published in the Southern Literary Messenger in Sept. 1835.
- x Author:
- Edgar Allan Poe
- x Date of first publication:
- Sep 1835
- x Editor:
Metzengerstein
"Metzengerstein", also called "Metzengerstein: A Tale In Imitation of the German", was the first short story by American writer and poet Edgar Allan Poe to see print. It was first published in the pages of Philadelphia's Saturday Courier magazine,...
- x Author:
- Edgar Allan Poe
- x Date of first publication:
- Jan 14, 1832
- x Editor:
Deep in Earth
"Deep in Earth" refers to a short poem, possibly unfinished, written by Edgar Allan Poe in 1847. In January of that year, Poe's wife Virginia had died in New York, presumably of tuberculosis. It is assumed that the poem was inspired by her death. It...
- x Author:
- Edgar Allan Poe
- x Date of first publication:
- x Editor:
Eldorado
"Eldorado" is a ballad poem by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in April 1849.
The poem describes the journey of a "gallant knight" in search of the legendary El Dorado. The knight spends much of his life on this quest. In his old age, he finally...
- x Author:
- Edgar Allan Poe
- x Date of first publication:
- Apr 21, 1849
- x Editor:
