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Edgar Allan Poe
[1809-1849]
![common photographic portrait of Edgar Allan Poe [1809-49] from the National Portrait Gallery {modified}](images/EdgarAllanPoeNPG.jpg "common photographic portrait of Edgar Allan Poe [1809-49] from the National Portrait Gallery {modified}") | short profile |
Edgar Allan Poe is considered by many to have invented the American horror story,
the modern detective story, and science fiction. While Poe is usually taught as a literary master,
he was also an intellectual giant on the level of Michelangelo or da Vinci or Einstein.
"Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast - perhaps the larger - "Never to suffer would have been never to have been blessed." — Edgar Allan Poe
portion of the truth arises from the seemingly irrelevant."
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Born Edgar Poe; his father abandoned the family shortly after Edgar's birth. When Edgar was two and a half years old, his mother died of tuberculosis. Edgar was raised by Frances Allan, the wife of a Richmond, Virginia merchant who never legally adopted him.
Edgar Allan Poe entry at Wikipedia
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Primary Works
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collections {just below} •• tales •• poems •• other works
 | "Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe" [1938]
Kindle Edition from Random House/Vintage [4/2012] for $13.99 Vintage Books 8x5¼ pb [9/75] for $12.24 Penguin Books 7¾x5 pb [10/87] out of print/used Castle Books 9¼x7 hardcover [3/2002] for $17.00 Penguin Modern Library 8x5½ hardcover [1938] out of print/many used |
 | "The Portable Edgar Allan Poe" [Viking 1945] Edited by Philip Van Doren Stern (1945 & 1959 & 1995), then by J. Gerald Kennedy (1965 & 2006) Kindle Edition from Penguin Classics [3/2006 edition] for $16.99 Penguin Classics 7¾x5 pb [1965] for $18.00 Penguin mass pb [1995] out of print/dozens used Viking 9x6 hardcover [11/59] out of print/used Viking 9x6¾ hardcover [11/59] out of print/used |
 | "Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe" [1966]
Doubleday 8¼x5¾ hardcover [8/84] for $15.61 Doubleday hardcover [1/66] out of print/many used |
 | "The Science Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe" [1976] Edited by Harold Beaver includes the 1848 poetic science essay "Eureka"; "A Descent Into The Maelström"; "A Tale of The Ragged Mountains"; "The Balloon-Hoax"; "The Colloquy of Monos and Una"; "The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion"; "The Facts In The Case of M. Valdemar"; "Mellonta Tauta"; "Mesmeric Reve-lation"; "MS. Found In A Bottle"; "The Power of Words"; "Some Words With A Mummy"; "The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether"; "The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade"; "The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall"; and "Von Kempelen and His Discovery" Kindle Edition from Penguin Classics [7/2006 edition] for $9.99 Penguin Classics 8x5¼ pb [12/76] for $12.03 |
 | "Poe: Illustrated Tales of Mystery And Imagination" [1980] ten short stories & poems drawn by 13 artists Edited by Robert Klanten & Hendrik Hellige Kindle Edition from Die Gestalten Verlag [5/2011] for $9.99 Die Gestalten Verlag 9½x7¾ hardcover [12/2006] for $42.00 |
 | "The Unknown Poe" [1980] Edited by Raymond Foye "An anthology of fugitive writings by Edgar Allan Poe, with appreciations by Charles Beaudelaire, Stéphane Mellarmé, Paul Valéry, J.K. Huysmans & André Breton" City Lights Publrs 8x5½ pb [2001] for $9.95 City Lights Publrs pb [1980] out of print/used |
 | "The Unabridged Edgar Allan Poe" [1983]
Running Press 8½x5¼ pb [6/83] out of print/100+ used Sweetwater Press 8½x5½ hardcover [2/97] out of print/used Running Press 8½x5½ hardcover [1983] out of print/many used |
 | "Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales" [1984] Edited by Patrick F. Quinn Library of America 8¼x5¼ hardcover [8/84] for $27.18 includes 68 pieces, including 'Annabel Lee', 'The Bells', 'The Conqueror Worm', 'Lenore', 'The Raven', 'Spirits of The Dead', and 'Tamerlane' |
 | "Edgar Allan Poe: Essays and Reviews" [1984] Edited by G. R. Thompson Library of America 8x5¼ hardcover [8/84] for $35.46 includes essays, reviews, articles & marginalia |
 | "Edgar Allan Poe Complete Tales and Poems" [1988]
CreateSpace 10x7 pb [2/2010] for $15.99 Castle Books 9½x7 hardcover [11/2009] for $7.18 Book Sales hardcover [2/88] out of print/used |
 | "The Essential Poe: Tales of Horror and Mystery" [1990] Illustrated by Ronald Porcelli Ecco Press 6¼x4½ pb [9/99] out of print/used HarperCollins 6¾x4¾ pb [5/91] out of print/used Lantern Press 9½x6¼ hardcover [3/90] out of print/used Naxos AudioBooks audio CD [12/2008] for $26.58 |
 | "Poe: Poetry, Tales & Selected Essays" [1996] Edited by Patrick F. Quinn & G. R. Thompson Library of America College Editions 7¾x5 pb [10/96] for $19.95 includes 62 poems, 68 'tales and sketches', 20 other short works |
 | "Edgar Allan Poe: Poems and Poetics" [2003] Edited by Richard Wilbur {Pulitzer Prize winner & former U.S. Poet Laureate} Library of America 7½x5 hardcover [10/2003] for $20.00 |
 | "The Complete Illustrated Works of Edgar Allan Poe" [2003] public domain illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley, Edouard Manet, Arthur Rackham & others; hardcover is paper version of the blue-cover Delphi Classics Kindle edition below Kindle Edition from Delphi Classics [4/2011] for $2.99 {sic} Chancellor Press 8½x5¾ hardcover [12/2003] out of print/used |
 | "Edgar Allan Poe's Tales of Mystery and Madness" [2004] Illustrated by Gris Grimly contains: 'The Black Cat', 'The Masque of The Red Death', 'Hop-Frog', and 'The Fall of The House of Usher' Kindle Edition from Atheneum/Simon & Schuster [8/2011] for $10.99 Atheneum BFYR 9x7 hardcover [9/2004] for $12.79 Simon & Schuster 9x7¼ hardcover [8/2004] for $30.35 |
 | "Edgar Allen Poe's Lost Tales" [2006] Compiled & Introduced by Peter Haining "a unique collection of tales that in most cases have not appeared in print for well over a century" Apocryphile Press 8x5 pb [9/2006] for $16.95 |
 | "The Best of Poe (Saddleback Illustrated Classics)" [2006]
four Edgar Allan Poe short stories in 64 pages: "The Pit and The Pendulum", "The Fall of The House of Usher", "The Cask of Amontillado", and "The Murders In The Rue Morgue" Saddleback Educational Publng 7¾x6 hardcover [9/2006] for $15.56 |
 | "Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allen Poe" [2006]
Kindle Edition from Hesperides Press [12/2006 edition] for $7.99 Hesperides Press 8½x5½ pb [12/2006] for $29.99 Pomona Press 8½x5½ hardcover [12/2006] for $33.99 |
 | "Edgar Allan Poe's Tales of Death and Dementia" [2009] Illustrated by Gris Grimly contains: 'The Tell-Tale Heart', 'The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether', 'The Oblong Box', and 'The Facts In The Case of M. Valdemar' Simon & Schuster 9x7 pb [8/2009] out of print/used Atheneum BFYR 9x7 hardcover [8/2009] for $14.59 |
 | "Graphic Classics: Edgar Allan Poe" [2010] Fourth Edition graphic adaptations include "The Pit and The Pendulum" by David Hontiveros & Carlo Vergara; "William Wilson" by Rafael Nieves & Dan Dougherty; "Annabel Lee" and revised "The Raven" by J.B. Bonivert; "The Black Cat", "The Tell-Tale Heart", "The Fall of The House of Usher", "Imp of The Perverse"; "Premature Burial"; "The Cask of Amontillado"; "Never Bet The Devil Your Head"; and the H.P. Lovecraft tale "In A Sequester'd Providence Churchyard" Eureka Prodns 4th edition 10x7 pb [5/2010] for $11.01 Eureka Prodns 3rd edition 9¾x7 pb [6/2006] out of print/used Eureka Prodns 2nd edition 10x6¾ pb [3/2004] out of print/used Eureka Prodns 1st edition 7¾x5 pb [12/2001] out of print/used |
 | "Penguin Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe: Tales of Mystery and The Supernatural From The Original Master of Terror" [2011] Foreword by Will Self Penguin Group 9x6 pb [11/2011] out of print/used Penguin Books, Ltd 9½x6 hardcover [11/2011] out of print/used |
Tales (Short Stories & Sketches)
of Edgar Allan Poe
there are 69 short stories or sketches in the Poe Canon
Poe Bibliography listing at Wikipedia
The Complete Stories (Everyman's Library)
http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Stories-Everymans-Library/dp/0679417400/
Edgar Allan Poe: Sixty-Seven Tales April 24, 1993
http://www.amazon.com/Edgar-Allan-Poe-Sixty-Seven-Tales/dp/0517092905/
Edgar Allan Poe: The Complete Short Story Collection by Edgar Allan Poe (Mar 6, 2009)
http://www.amazon.com/Edgar-Allan-Poe-Complete-Collection/dp/1453643141/
 | "Tales of The Folio Club: A Reconstruction" [defined 1833, Kindle 2014] contains the fragmentary frame and 11 tales identified as constituent parts of the original collection 110-page Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [6/2014] for 99¢ contents (per the Kindle Introduction) includes 'Ms. Found In A Bottle' (1833); 'The Visionary' aka 'The Assignation' (1834); 'Lionizing' (1835); 'Bon-Bon' (1836); 'Epimanes' aka 'Four Beasts In One' (1836); 'Slope: A Fable' aka 'Silence: A Fable' (1837); 'Raising The Wind: or, Diddling Considered As One of The Exact Sciences' (1843); and four more |
"Metzengerstein" January 14, 1832 Philadelphia Saturday Courier
First published anonymously with the subtitle "A Tale In Imitation of The German"
"The Duc de L'Omelette" March 3, 1832 Philadelphia Saturday Courier - originally "The Duke of l'Omelette"
"A Tale of Jerusalem" June 9, 1832 Philadelphia Saturday Courier
"Loss of Breath" November 10, 1832 Philadelphia Saturday Courier - originally "A Decided Loss"
"Bon-Bon" December 1, 1832 Philadelphia Saturday Courier - originally "The Bargain Lost"
"Ms. Found In A Bottle" October 19, 1833 Baltimore Saturday Visiter
"The Assignation" January 1834 Godey's Lady's Book - originally "The Visionary", published anonymously
"Berenice" March 1835 Southern Literary Messenger
"Morella" April 1835 Southern Literary Messenger
"Lionizing: A Tale" May 1835 Southern Literary Messenger
"The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall" June 1835 Southern Literary Messenger
"King Pest" September 1835 Southern Literary Messenger
originally "King Pest The First", published anonymously
"Shadow: A Parable" September 1835 Southern Literary Messenger - published anonymously
"Four Beasts In One: The Homo-Cameleopard" March 1836 Southern Literary Messenger - originally "Epimanes"
"Mystification" June 1837 American Monthly Magazine - originally "Von Jung, The Mystific"
"Silence: A Fable" 1838 Baltimore Book - originally "Slope: A Fable"
"Ligeia" September 1838 Baltimore American Museum Horror
Republished in the February 15, 1845 issue of the New York World,
included the poem "The Conqueror Worm" as words written by Ligeia on her death-bed
"How To Write A Blackwood Article" November 1838 Baltimore American Museum Parody
An introduction to "A Predicament"
"A Predicament" November 1838 Baltimore American Museum Parody
companion to "How To Write A Blackwood Article", originally "The Scythe of Time"
"The Devil In The Belfry" May 18, 1839 Saturday Chronicle and Mirror of the Times
"The Man That Was Used Up" August 1839 Burton's Gentleman's Magazine
"The Fall of The House of Usher" September 1839 Burton's Gentleman's Magazine
"William Wilson" October 1839 The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1840
"The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion" December 1839 Burton's Gentleman's Magazine Science
"Why The Little Frenchman Wears His Hand In A Sling" 1840 Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque
"The Business Man" February 1840 Burton's Gentleman's Magazine - originally "Peter Pendulum"
"The Man of The Crowd" December 1840 Graham's Magazine
"The Murders In The Rue Morgue" April 1841 Graham's Magazine
"A Descent Into The Maelström" April 1841 Graham's Magazine
"The Island of The Fay" June 1841 Graham's Magazine
"The Colloquy of Monos and Una" August 1841 Graham's Magazine
"Never Bet The Devil Your Head: A Tale With A Moral" September 1841 Graham's Magazine
"Eleonora" Fall 1841 The Gift for 1842
"Three Sundays In A Week" November 27, 1841 Saturday Evening Post - originally "A Succession of Sundays"
"The Oval Portrait" April 1842 Graham's Magazine - originally "Life in Death"
"The Masque of The Red Death" May 1842 Graham's Magazine - originally "The Mask of The Red Death"
http://www.amazon.com/The-Masque-Red-Death-Generations/dp/0886468949/
"The Landscape Garden" October 1842 Snowden's Ladies' Companion
later incorporated into "The Domain of Arnheim"
"The Mystery of Marie Rogêt" in November 1842, December 1842, February 1843 (serialized)
Snowden's Ladies' Companion - originally subtitled "A Sequel To The Murders In The Rue Morgue"
"The Pit and The Pendulum" 1842–1843 The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present
"The Tell-Tale Heart" January 1843 The Pioneer
"The Gold-Bug" June 1843 Dollar Newspaper
"The Black Cat" August 19, 1843 United States Saturday Post
"Diddling" October 14, 1843 Philadelphia Saturday Courier - originally "Raising The Wind; or,
Diddling Considered As One of The Exact Sciences"
"The Spectacles" March 27, 1844 Dollar Newspaper
"A Tale of The Ragged Mountains" April 1844 Godey's Lady's Book
"The Premature Burial" July 31, 1844 Dollar Newspaper
"Mesmeric Revelation" August 1844 Columbian Magazine
"The Oblong Box" September 1844 Godey's Lady's Book
"The Angel of The Odd: An Extravaganza" October 1844 Columbian Magazine
"Thou Art The Man" November 1844 Godey's Lady's Book
"The Literary Life of Thingum Bob, Esq." December 1844 Southern Literary Messenger
"The Purloined Letter" 1844–1845 The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present
"The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade" February 1845 Godey's Lady's Book
meant as a sequel to One Thousand and One Nights
"Some Words With A Mummy" April 1845 American Review: A Whig Journal
"The Power of Words" June 1845 Democratic Review
"The Imp of the Perverse" July 1845 Graham's Magazine
"The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether" November 1845 Graham's Magazine
"The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" December 1845 The American Review
"The Sphinx" January 1846 Arthur's Ladies Magazine
"The Cask of Amontillado" November 1846 Godey's Lady's Book
"The Domain of Arnheim" March 1847 Columbian Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine
expansion of previous story "The Landscape Garden"
"Mellonta Tauta" February 1849 Flag of Our Union
"Hop-Frog: or, The Eight Chained Ourang-Outangs" March 17, 1849 Flag of Our Union
"Von Kempelen and His Discovery" April 14, 1849 Flag of Our Union
"X-ing A Paragrab" May 12, 1849 Flag of Our Union
"Landor's Cottage" June 9, 1849 Flag of Our Union
originally "Landor's Cottage: A Pendant to The Domain of Arnheim"
Tales of Detective C. Auguste Dupin
Poe established the character of the detective C. Auguste Dupin in three short stories: in "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" (1841), Dupin investigates the murder of a mother and daughter in Paris; in "The Mystery of Marie Rogêt" (1842), he investigates a murder based on the true story of Mary Rogers, a saleswoman at a cigar store in Manhattan whose body was found floating in the Hudson River in 1841; Dupin's third appearance, in "The Purloined Letter" (1844), features an investigation of a letter stolen from the French queen.
C. Auguste Dupin entry at Wikipedia
C. Auguste Dupin: The Predecessor of Sherlock Holmes (fanpage)
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"The First Detective: The Complete Auguste Dupin Stories" [2009] by Edgar Allan Poe The Murders In The Rue Morgue, The Mystery of Marie Roget, and The Purloined Letter Leonaur Detective & Crime 8½x5½ pb [5/2009] for $13.00 Leonaur Detective & Crime 8½x5½ hardcover [5/2009] for $25.00 |
 | "The Detective Stories of Edgar Allan Poe [Illustrated]" [2011] Edited by Greg Fowlkes five stories: all three Dupin short stories, plus "The Gold-Bug" and "Thou Art The Man" Kindle Edition from Resurrected Press [5/2011] for $3.99 Resurrected Press 8½x5½ pb [2/2011] for $7.00 |
 | "C. Auguste Dupin Collection (Illustrated)" [2014] by Edgar Allan Poe, Illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley & Harry Clarke Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [3/2014] for FREE! CreateSpace 9x6 pb [3/2014] for $3.99 Lulu.com 9x6 hardcover [7/2015] for $24.99 |
 | "The Detective Stories of Edgar Allan Poe: Three Tales Featuring C. Auguste Dupin" [2015] Sugar Skull Press 8½x5½ pb [10/2015] for $6.50 |
 | "Auguste Dupin Stories" [2016] by Edgar Allan Poe
CreateSpace 9x6 pb [12/2016] for $5.99 |
 | "The Exploits of The Chevalier Dupin" [7 stories 1968] by Michael Harrison Dupin appeared in a series of seven short stories by Michael Harrison in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine in the 1960s; the stories were collected by publishers Mycroft & Moran of Wisconsin in 1968 Contents include: Introduction by Ellery Queen; essay "Dupin: The Reality Behind The Fiction"; "The Vanished Treasure" (May 1965); "The Mystery of The Fulton Documents" (1965); "The Man In The Blue Spectacles" (1966); "The Mystery of The Gilded Cheval-Glass" (1967); "The Fires In The Rue St. Honoré" (Jan 1967); "The Murder In The Rue Royale" (1968); and "The Facts In The Case of The Missing Diplomat" Mycroft & Moran 8x5½ hardcover [1968] out of print/used book entry at Wikipedia |
 | "The Man Who Was Poe" [1989 juvenile novel] by Avi A young boy named Edmund in Providence, Rhode Island befriends C. Auguste Dupin, who is actually Poe himself; Edmund and 'Dupin' solve several mysteries. HarperCollins Childrens Books 7½x5 pb [8/91] out of print/used Avon Flare Books mass pb [8/91] out of print/used Perfection Learning 7x4 hardcover [8/91] for $12.19 Orchard Books 9x6 hardcover [1989] out of print/used |
 | "The Murder of Edgar Allan Poe: A Novel" [1997] by George Egon Hatvary
Poe's fictional detective C. Auguste Dupin befriends the author and subsequently investigates Poe's mysterious death. ("Poe fans may not be able to resist the conceit of his murder being avenged by his most famous fictional creation.") Carroll & Graf 9¼x6¼ hardcover [3/97] out of print/many used |
 | "Les Ogres de Montfaucon: Les Nouvelles Enquêtes du Chevalier Dupin, Le Détective Créé par Edgar A. Poe" [2004] by Gérard Dôle Dupin is the hero of 13 detective stories set in the 19th Century, the last of which (« Le Drame de Reichenbach ») also provides a link with Sherlock Holmes Terre de Brume French-language 9½x5½ pb [1/2004] import/SOLD OUT ! Terre de Brume French-language pb [1/2004] out of print/used via Amazon.FR |
 | "The Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and The Invention of Murder" [2006] by Daniel Stashower The body of a twenty-year-old cigar girl was found floating in the Hudson River in July 1841, and New York's untrained and corrupt police force failed to solve the crime. One year later, a struggling writer named Edgar Allan Poe decided to look into the case, and the result was a solution to the baffling murder by his fictional detective C. Auguste Dupin. Berkley Trade 7½x5½ pb [12/2007] for $21.00 Dutton Adult 9x6½ hardcover [10/2006] out of print/hundreds used |
 | "Edgar Allan Poe On Mars: The Further Memoirs of Gullivar Jones" [2007] by Jean-Marc Lofficier & Randy Lofficier Gullivar Jones, the legendary warrior from Mars' ancient past, was created by Edwin Lester Arnold in his classic sci-fi novel Lieutenant Gullivar Jones: His Vacation [1905]. In this sequel, The Enchanter Montressor and his ward Ligeia bring together Gullivar Jones and Edgar Allan Poe, a struggling young writer from 1827 Baltimore, and send them on a dangerous mission to stop the machinations of Rodrik-Usher the Damned . . . or both their worlds will be destroyed! (Cameo appearance by Auguste Dupin.) Hollywood Comics 8x5 pb [12/2007] for $20.95 |
"Edgar Allan Poe and The Dupin Mysteries" [Nov 2008] by Richard Kopley
http://www.amazon.com/Edgar-Allan-Poe-Dupin-Mysteries/dp/0230120385/
http://www.amazon.com/Edgar-Allan-Poe-Dupin-Mysteries/dp/0230604706/
 | "Edgar Allan Poe and The London Monster: A Novel" [#1 = 2016] by Karen Lee Street Edgar Allan Poe sails from Philadelphia to London in Summer 1840 to meet his friend C. Auguste Dupin, with the hope that the great detective will help him solve a family mystery Kindle Edition from Pegasus Crime/Simon & Schuster [10/2016] for $13.99 Pegasus Crime 8¾x5¾ pb [11/2017] for $15.95 Pegasus Crime 9¼x6½ hardcover [10/2016] for $21.01 |
 | "Edgar Allan Poe and The Jewel of Peru: A Poe and Dupin Mystery" [#2 = 2018] by Karen Lee Street Philadelphia, 1844: Edgar Allan Poe receives a package of mummified bird parts and a young heiress asks Poe to discover who murdered her lover upon his return from Peru; when the girl is kidnapped, Poe and Dupin set out to solve the crimes . . . Kindle Edition from Pegasus Crime/Simon & Schuster [5/2018] for $15.99 One World 7¾x5 pb [5/2018] for $10.70 Pegasus Crime 9x6 hardcover [5/2018] for $14.90 |
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"Edgar Allan Poe and The Empire of The Dead: A Poe and Dupin Mystery" [#3 = 2020] by Karen Lee Street Summer, 1849: Edgar Allan Poe travels to Paris to help his dear friend C. Auguste Dupin hunt down the elusive criminal who brought the Dupin family to ruin during the French Revolution; the prefect of police engages the sleuthing duo to recover a letter stolen from an infamous Parisian salonnière . . . Kindle Edition from Pegasus Crime/Simon & Schuster [5/2018] for $15.99 One World 7¾x5 pb [5/2018] for $10.70 Pegasus Crime 8¼x5½ hardcover [5/2020] for $20.70 |
Pierre Dupin appears in Universal Pictures' 1932 horror-mystery film "Murders In The Rue Morgue"
"The Mystery of Marie Roget" was filmed in 1942
"The Man With A Cloak" [M.G.M. Nov 1951]
 | Hard-drinking author Edgar Allan Poe masquerades as his character Inspector Dupin in 1848 New York City, and helps a young French girl secure her inheritance • Directed by Fletcher Markle; written by Frank Fenton, based on a story by John Dickson Carr; starring Joseph Cotten (as Dupin), Barbara Stanwyck, Louis Calhern, Leslie Caron, Joe De Santis, Jim Backus, Margaret Wycherly & Richard Hale
MGM Video b&w DVD [12/2010] for $17.99 full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
there are 70 poems in the Poe Canon
Poems by Poe listing at Wikipedia
The Complete Poetry of Edgar Allan Poe []
http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Poetry-Edgar-Signet-Classics/dp/0451531051/
http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Poetry-Signet-Classics-ebook/dp/B0023ZLLEE/
"Complete poems of Edgar Allen Poe (1971)
http://www.amazon.com/Edgar-Allen-Poe-Complete-Poems/dp/1449535542/
"The Poems of Edgar Allan Poe" (Harvard Paperbacks #166, June 1980) Edited by Thomas Ollive Mabbott
http://www.amazon.com/Poems-Edgar-Allan-Harvard-Paperbacks/dp/0674677803/
"The Poetry of Edgar Allan Poe [Audio Cassette]
Read by Christopher Cazanove, Joel Grey, Gregory Hines, Roger Rees, David Warner, Michael York
http://www.amazon.com/The-Poetry-Edgar-Allan-Poe/dp/0787106690/
http://www.amazon.com/The-Poetry-Edgar-Allan-Poe/dp/159007033X/
http://www.amazon.com/The-Poetry-Edgar-Allan-Poe/dp/1590070321/
"Poetry" 1824 Never published in Poe's lifetime
"O, Tempora! O, Mores!" 1825 - never published during Poe's lifetime + not authenticated as by Poe
"Tamerlane" July 1827 Tamerlane and Other Poems
Only 12 copies of Poe's first book "Tamerlane and Other Poems" have survived
"Song" July 1827 Tamerlane and Other Poems
"Imitation" July 1827 Tamerlane and Other Poems
"A Dream" July 1827 Tamerlane and Other Poems
"The Lake" July 1827 Tamerlane and Other Poems
"Spirits of The Dead" July 1827 Tamerlane and Other Poems
"Evening Star" July 1827 Tamerlane and Other Poems
"Dreams" July 1827 Tamerlane and Other Poems
"Stanzas" July 1827 Tamerlane and Other Poems
"The Happiest Day" September 15, 1827 The North American
"To Margaret" circa 1827 - never published during Poe's lifetime
"Alone" 1829 - never published during Poe's lifetime
"To Isaac Lea" circa 1829 - never published in Poe's lifetime
"To The River ——" 1829 Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems
"To ——" 1829 Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems Begins "The bowers whereat, in dreams..."
"To ——" 1829 Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems Begins "Should my early life seem..."
"Romance" 1829 Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems
"Fairy-Land" 1829 Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems
"To Science" 1829 Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems
"Al Aaraaf" 1829 Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems
"An Acrostic" 1829 Never published during Poe's lifetime
"Elizabeth" 1829 Never published during Poe's lifetime
"To Helen" 1831 Poems by Edgar A. Poe
"A Paean" 1831 Poems by Edgar A. Poe
"The Sleeper" 1831 Poems by Edgar A. Poe
"The City in the Sea" 1831 Poems by Edgar A. Poe
"The Valley of Unrest" 1831 Poems by Edgar A. Poe
"Israfel" 1831 Poems by Edgar A. Poe
"Enigma" February 2, 1833 Baltimore Saturday Visiter
"Fanny" May 18, 1833 Baltimore Saturday Visiter
"The Coliseum" October 26, 1833 Baltimore Saturday Visiter
"Serenade" April 20, 1833 Baltimore Saturday Visiter
"To One in Paradise" January 1834 Godey's Lady's Book
"Hymn" April 1835 Southern Literary Messenger
"To Elizabeth" September 1835 Southern Literary Messenger Republished as "To F——s S. O——d" in 1845
"May Queen Ode" circa 1836 Never published in Poe's lifetime
"Spiritual Song" 1836 Never published during Poe's lifetime
"Latin Hymn" March 1836 Southern Literary Messenger
"Bridal Ballad" January 1837 Southern Literary Messenger - originally published as "Ballad"
"To Zante" January 1837 Southern Literary Messenger
"The Haunted Palace" April 1839 American Museum
"Silence–A Sonnet" January 4, 1840 Saturday Courier
"Lines on Joe Locke" February 28, 1843 Saturday Museum
"The Conqueror Worm" January 1843 Graham's Magazine
"Lenore" February 1843 The Pioneer
"A Campaign Song" 1844 Never published during Poe's lifetime
"Dream-Land" June 1844 Graham's Magazine
"Impromptu. To Kate Carol" April 26, 1845 Broadway Journal
"To F——" April 1845 Broadway Journal
Republished as "To Frances" in the September 6, 1845, issue of the Broadway Journal
"Eulalie" July 1845 American Review: A Whig Journal
"Epigram For Wall Street" January 23, 1845 Evening Mirror
"The Raven" [January 29, 1845 Evening Mirror]
 | "Poetry For Cats: The Definitive Anthology of Distinguished Feline Verse" [1994] by Henry Beard, Illustrated by Gary Zamchick 39 parody poems of various lengths ostensibly written by pets belonging to Beowulf, Chaucer, Rudyard Kipling, Coleridge, Will Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Allen Ginsberg, Ezra Pound, Dylan Thomas, William Blake, Walt Whitman, Helen of Troy, and other notable authors – featuring "The End of Raven" poem by Edgar Allan Poe's cat Villard 5¼x7¼ hardcover [10/94] for $26.96 text of "The End of Raven" poem online |
"The Divine Right of Kings" October 1845 Graham's Magazine
"A Valentine" February 21, 1846 Evening Mirror
Originally published as "To Her Whose Name Is Written Below"
"Beloved Physician" 1847 Never published during Poe's lifetime Incomplete
"Deep in Earth" 1847 Never published during Poe's lifetime Incomplete
"To M. L. S—— (1847)" March 13, 1847 The Home Journal
"Ulalume" December 1847 American Whig Review
"Lines On Ale" 1848 Never published during Poe's lifetime
"To Marie Louise" March 1848 Columbian Magazine
"An Enigma" March 1848 Union Magazine of Literature and Art
"To Helen" November 1848 Sartain's Union Magazine
"A Dream Within A Dream" March 31, 1849 The Flag of Our Union
"Eldorado" April 21, 1849 Flag of Our Union
"For Annie" April 28, 1849 Flag of Our Union
"To My Mother" July 7, 1849 Flag of Our Union
"Annabel Lee" October 9, 1849 New York Daily Tribune
Sold before Poe's death but published posthumously
"Annabelle Lee" [American Motion Picture Corp. 1921] /tt0011925/
"Annabel Lee" short [Oct 1973] narrated by Vincent Price /tt2006687/
"Annabel Lee" hour-long TV movie [Finland Jan 1990] /tt0956091/
"Annabel Lee" 3-minute short [indep UK May 2000] /tt2341999/
"Annabel Lee" musical short [indep 2009] /tt1789694/
 | "Annabel Lee" feature film [festival circuit 2009] "Some tales are timeless" An artist rents a summer house in a quiet California beach town and is caught up in an 18-year-old murder case. Adapted & directed by Michael Rissi; starring Kristen Hagen, Jon Woodward Kirby, Jon Morgan Woodward, Bill Bordy, Ken Wolt, Ron Becks, Raquel Rosser, John DiAntonio, Kevin Ging, Jacqueline Hickel VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available full credits at IMDb • official movie site • • official trailer [1:00] at YouTube |
"The Key To Annabel Lee" short [April 2011] /tt1879072/
"Annabel Lee" 13-minute short [2013] by Carl T. Rogers /tt2796520/
"Annabel Lee" 13-minute short [indep Sept 2013] directed by Dave Ridgeway /tt3129138/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXUEF8lhESo [13:00]
"The Bells" in November 1849 Sartain's Union Magazine
Sold before Poe's death but published posthumously
Other Works of Edgar Allan Poe
"Politian" [incomplete stageplay]
two installments in December 1835 & January 1836 Southern Literary Messenger
"Maelzel's Chess Player" essay in April 1836 Southern Literary Messenger
"The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket" [1838]
Poe's only completed novel was published in book form in July 1838, after two installments in the January/February
1837 Southern Literary Messenger; it remains notable for serving as inspiration to Melville (for "Moby-Dick" [1851])
and to Jules Verne (for "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea" [1870] and "An Antarctic Mystery" [1897]).
A boy stows away aboard a New Bedford whaling ship; he and the captain's son avoid discovery aboard the ship while witnessing a series
of incredible events; the tale ends with two survivors drifting toward the South Pole in an open boat.
book entry at Wikipedia
In 1897, Jules Verne [1828-1905] wrote a two-volume sequel to Poe's novel called "An Antarctic Mystery",
also known as "Le Sphinx des Glaces (The Sphinx of The Ice Fields)"
A scholar sets sail on the Halbrane on an expedition to the Antarctic under a captain who is the brother
of the ship's captain in Poe's "Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym" novel
book entry at Wikipedia •
free online etext at Project Gutenberg
"PYM" includes "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket" [1838] by Edgar Allan Poe and
Jules Verne's sequel "An Antarctic Mystery" [1897]
Kindle Edition from BompaCrazy [6/2008] for $1.25 {sic}
another sequel "A Strange Discovery" [1899 novel] by Charles Romyn Dake
An English doctor visiting Illinois encounters Dirk Peters, Pym's sailor companion in Poe's adventure novel;
the dying sailor relates the conclusion of Pym's adventures.
book entry at Wikipedia •
free online etexts at Archive.org
another sequel "Pym: A Novel" [2011] by Mat Johnson
A college professor discovers a manuscript that proves Poe's only novel was a factual account. He sets out for the
lost black-inhabited island of Poe's tale about the giant, yeti-like, albino humanoids living in large colonies
below the ice in Antarctica and discovers that they are only too real •
book entry at Wikipedia
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Kindle Edition from Spiegel & Grau [3/2011] for $11.99
Spiegel & Grau 8x5¼ pb [9/2012] for $10.95 Spiegel & Grau 8½x6 deckle-edge hardcover [3/2011] out of print/used |
"The Journal of Julius Rodman" [incomplete novel]
six installments in January–June 1840 Burton's Gentleman's Magazine
"The Philosophy of Furniture" essay (May 1840 – Burton's Gentleman's Magazine)
"A Few Words on Secret Writing" essay (July 1841 – Graham's Magazine)
"Morning on the Wissahiccon" essay (1844 – The Opal)[89]
"The Balloon-Hoax" essay (April 13, 1844) — A newspaper article that was actually a journalistic hoax
"The Philosophy of Composition" essay (April 1846 – Graham's Magazine)
 | "Eureka: An Essay On The Material and Spiritual Universe (A Prose Poem)" [Wiley & Putnam March 1848] by Edgar Allan Poe An essay that includes a cosmological theory that presaged the Big Bang theory by 80 years, as well as the first plausible solution to Olbers' paradox. Poe eschewed the scientific method here and instead wrote from pure intuition; for this reason, he considered it a work of art, not of science, but insisted that it was still quite true and considered it to be his career masterpiece. Poe received a $14.00 advance from publisher G.P. Putnam. Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [3/2011] for FREE! annotated Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [8/2015] for 99¢ annotated Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [7/2015] for 99¢ indep 9x6 pb [2/2018] for $4.99 CreateSpace 9x6 pb [11/2017] for $5.50 Kessinger Publng 9x6 pb [9/2010] for $16.76 book entry at Wikipedia • available as free online etext at Internet Archive |
"The Rationale of Verse" essay (October 1848 – Southern Literary Messenger)
"The Poetic Principle" essay (December 1848 – Southern Literary Messenger)
"The Light-House" (written 1849, never published in Poe's lifetime)
incomplete work intended as either a short story or a novel
"Edgar Allan Poe Letters Until Now Unpublished" [Library Binding]
http://www.amazon.com/Edgar-Allan-Letters-Until-Unpublished/dp/0838316921/
"The Collected Letters of Edgar Allan Poe" in 2 volumes [Oct 2008]
by John Ward Ostrom and Burton R. Pollin and Jeffrey A. Savoye
http://www.amazon.com/Collected-Letters-Edgar-Allan-Volumes/dp/0877522464/
Stageplays, Other Media
Edgar Allan Poe entry at Internet Broadway Database (3 plays)
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 | "The Raven: The Love Story of Edgar Allen Poe - a play in four acts and a tableau" [stageplay 1895, novel 1908] by George C. Hazelton The play was originally staged in 1895 and published in book form in 1903; the novel was first published in 1908 Kessinger Publng 9x6 pb [6/2005] for $24.28 D. Appleton, New York hardcover [1909] out of print/scarce made as a silent feature "The Raven" [1915] {see E.A.P. movies page} George Cochrane Hazelton [1868-1921]: Wikipedia • credits at IMDb |
"The System of Dr. Tarr" [in repertory 1905]
based on "The System of Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether" [1845] by Poe •
Broadway credits
"The Tell-Tale Heart" one-act play [1909] written by & starring Robert B. Kegerreis
based on the 1843 short story by Edgar Allen Poe •
Broadway credits
"Once Upon A Midnight: A Dramatization of Poe's Raven in One Act" [1922]
by Vincent P. Sullivan
"Edgar Allan Poe: A Play In Four Acts" [1925] by Catherine Chisholm Cushing
Broadway credits: Liberty Theatre, NYC in October 1925
 | "Nevermore!: Edgar Allan Poe - The Final Mystery" stageplay [1995] by Julian Wiles 80-page Dramatic Publng playscript pb [1995] for $49.90 {sic} author's official website • stageplay homepage |
"Edgar Allan Poe: Once Upon A Midnight" one-man play [1998?]
Based on Poe's life and works; written by Paul Day Clemens & Ron Magid; directed by Alan Bergmann
performed by actor John Astin {last performance in 2004?}
Wikipedia •
official website
 | "Nevermore: An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe" [2009] When versatile actor Jeffrey Combs portrayed the tormented genius Edgar Allan Poe in the television episode "The Black Cat" [Starz Jan 2007] for season 2 of the series "Masters of Horror", it was decided that the show must go on - in the form of a one-man stageplay. Both the TV episode and the play are directed by Stuart Gordon and written by Dennis Paoli. The stageplay debuted at the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center in New York City, and recently played to rave reviews in Los Angeles, Baltimore, and Montreal. |
 | "The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe: A Love Story" stageplay [2012] Written by David Rice, directed by Skyler Schrempp, starring Christian Gray; presented in October-November 2018 by First Folio Theatre at haunted Mayslake Hall near Chicago {often performed room-to-room at various preserved mansions}; also performed at the Oak Park [Illinois] Theater Festival [est. 1977] in Oct-Nov 2019 • In 1849, two years after the death of his wife Virginia, author Edgar Allan Poe is haunted not just by the specter of his beloved, but also by his many macabre stories; as he roams from room to room, searching for release from his personal demons, Poe relives both his life and his tales; follow Poe and the ghost of his wife as they take you deep into 'The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe' |
 | "The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe: A Love Story" stageplay [2019]
Co-written by Outcry Theatre artistic director Becca Johnson-Spinos; co-written & directed by Jason Johnson-Spinos; presented in October 2019 by the Outcry Youth Theatre in Addison (Dallas County), Texas • official homepage |
 | "The House of Edgar Allan Poe" [Nov 2019] by Morgan Hollingsworth Musical stageplay that 'blends the lines between imagination and reality', based on the poems of Edgar Allan Poe, Virginia Clemm Poe, and Frances Sargent Osgood, book & music by Morgan Hollingsworth; November 2019 world-premiere presented by Weber State University Lindquist College of Arts and Humanities at Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts in Ogden, Utah with a student cast; it was also staged at the New York Musical Festival in July 2017 watch W.S.U. official promo [11/2019 upload; 1:51] online at YouTube |
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 | "Edgar Allan Poe Audio Collection" [2000] 20 stories & poems by Poe read by Vincent Price & Basil Rathbone Caedmon UNABR audio CD [10/2000] for $19.77 a few of these recordings skip some text of the originals, but the recordings themselves are unabridged; Basil Rathbone reads 15 Poe works: "Alone", "Annabel Lee", "The Bells", "The Black Cat", "The Cask of Amon-tillado", "The City By The Sea", "Eldorado", "The Facts of The Case of M. Valdemar", "The Fall of The House of Usher", "The Haunted Palace", "The Masque of The Red Death", "The Pit and The Pendulum", "The Raven", "The Tell-Tale Heart", and "To-"; Vincent Price reads 5 Poe works: "Berenice", "The Gold Bug", "The Imp of The Perverse", "Ligeia", and "Morella" |
 | "Classic Poe: Stories & Poems by Edgar Allan Poe" on Audio CD [2002]
In Audio UNABR audio CDs [6/2002] 3 disks for $15.95 In Audio UNABR audio CDs [2004] 3 disks - out of prodn/used Mysteries & sci-fi read by Ralph Cosham, awarded Publishers Weekly's Best Audio of The Year: "The Raven", "The Tell-Tale Heart", "The Black Cat", "The Cask of Amontillado", "MS Found In A Bottle", "The Bells", "The Fall of The House of Usher" |
 | "The Dupin Stories of Edgar Allan Poe" [2002]
Naxos Audiobooks UNABR audio CD [11/2002] for $28.98 Classic Literature with Classical Music, read by Kerry Shale: "The Murders In The Rue Morgue", "The Mystery of Marie Roget", and "The Purloined Letter" |
 | Edgar Allan Poe Classic Compilation: "The Cask of Amontillado" and "The Tell Tale Heart" [2009] These are 'video books', comprised of text and original graphics, with narration Illustrated by Joel Rivers, directed by Stephen Conley & John Dur Taletube widescreen color DVD [2009] for $14.95 + s/h via third-party vendor TaleTube LLC [est. 2009] of Henniker, NH |
Movies & Television
'E.A. Poe in television and film' entry at Wikipedia
Edgar Allan Poe credits [250+ entries since 1908] at Internet Movie Database
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 | "The Poe Cinema: A Critical Filmography of Theatrical Releases Based On The Works of Edgar Allan Poe" [1980] by Don G. Smith McFarland & Co. 9¾x6¾ pb [5/2003] for $39.95 McFarland & Co. 9¾x6¾ hardcover [11/98] for $55.00 |
Kindle Editions
Kindle Editions Dept. at the Edgar Allan Poe Store on Amazon
 | "Stories of Edgar Allan Poe" for Kindle [2009] Kindle Edition from Douglas Editions [4/2009] for 99¢ {sic} Contains 67 of the 69 short stories by Poe |
 | "The Complete Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe (Annotated)" for Kindle [2010]
Kindle Edition from Di Lernia Publrs [9/2010] for 99¢ {sic} Contains all 69 short stories by Poe |
 | "Edgar Allan Poe: The Works" for Kindle [2010]
Kindle Edition from Golgotha Press [9/2010] for 95¢ {sic} Does NOT contain 'complete works of Poe'; contents include 67 (of 69) stories, the one completed novel, some essays, all the poems |
 | "Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Works" for Kindle [2011]
Kindle Edition from Delphi Classics [4/2011] for $2.99 {sic} Chancellor Press 8½x5¾ hardcover [12/2003] out of print/used Contains: the complete poetry (with Chronological & Alphabetical contents tables); the complete tales, (with Chrono-logical & Alphabetical contents tables); Poe’s unfinished play "Politian"; both of Poe’s novels: the completed "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket" [1838] and the incomplete "The Journal of Julius Rodman" [1840], each with contents tables; every non-fiction essay; the complete letters, with contents tables; four biographical works; and a new criticism section, featuring essays by other famous writers examining Poe's contribution to literature; features include image gallery, annotated introductions to many of the works – and many short stories & poems are presented with their original illustrations |
 | "The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe, with active TOC" for Kindle [2011] Kindle Edition from OrangeSky Project [6/2011] for 99¢ {sic} |
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Non-Fiction Works About Edgar Allan Poe
Fiction Works About Edgar Allan Poe
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Family & Friends of Edgar Allan Poe
father actor David Poe, Jr. [1784-1811?]
mother actress Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins Poe [1787-1811]
elder brother William Henry Leonard Poe [1807-1831]
younger sister Rosalie Poe [1810-74]
adoptive parents John & Frances Allan of Richmond, Virginia
first love Sarah Elmira Royster Shelton [1810-88]
"Elmira: The Girl Who Loved Edgar Allan Poe" [Houghton Mifflin, 1966] by Harriet Ide Davis
wife & first cousin Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe [1822-47]
married in Baltimore September 1835, died January 1847
Charles Baudelaire, Poe's translator in France
Jeffrey A. Savoye has been secretary and treasurer of the Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore since 1987, and is the primary force behind
the society's widely-recognized website; he is an honorary member of the Poe Studies Association, and lives in Baltimore, Maryland.
online text of "The Raven"
here on Spirit of America Bookstore's main Edgar Allan Poe [1809-49] Page
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L i n k s
Edgar Allan Poe entry at Wikipedia
Edgar Allan Poe Portal at Wikipedia
browse the Edgar Allan Poe Store {returns 380+ titles} at Amazon
Edgar Allan Poe credits [250+ entries since 1908] at Internet Movie Database
Poe Museum [est. 1922] in Richmond, VA
Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore, Maryland [est. 1923]
Poe Studies Association [est. 1972] &
The Edgar Allan Poe Review
Gutenberg etexts
RG's 'Poe Stories' fansite
PF's 'House of Usher' fansite [est. 1995] in Canada
Qrisse's Edgar Allan Poe fansite
www.everypoet.com (4/M4)--EAPoe
http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2011/10/edgar-allan-poe-pioneer-genius-oddity/
gothic-themed The Raven Café coffee house, 932 Military Street in Port Huron, Michigan
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