The Edgar A. Poe Calendar

Poe began a lecture tour on November 21, 1843 in Philadelphia. The broad topic was "The Poetry of America." This was an era of ora...

After over two decades buried in an unmarked corner of the cemetery at Baltimore's Westminster Church, Poe’s body was re-buried where p...

On October 7, 1849, Edgar Poe died. He was 40 years old. Thus ended his struggle for financial success, his foibles (whatever they were), an...

Also celebrating his bicentennial in 2009 is Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes , the doctor-writer who was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Augus...

Poe's place in literary history is occasionally questioned. Should he be considered a master of American literature? Does he deserve a p...

Poe's first job as a critic was in August 1835 when he was hired by the Southern Literary Messenger . Poe brought to the SLM a new styl...

The following excerpts are from "An Appendix of Autographs" (sometimes referred to as the "Autography" series) by Edgar ...

2009 is upon us. Whether any government officially recognizes it or not, 2009 will be the Year of Poe. He is such an iconic figure in Americ...