Uncover the dark and curious truth behind the death of one of America's most beloved authors, Edgar Allan Poe. For centuries, the circumstances surrounding his death have remained shrouded in mystery.

It is nearly fifty years since the death of Edgar Allan Poe ... influence which Coleridge exerted upon Poe is curiously exemplified in his poems from the time that he began to write.

The "Red Death" had long devastated the country. No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous. Blood was its Avatar and its seal—the redness and the horror of blood. There were sharp pains, and ...

When you read an Edgar Allan Poe book or poem, be prepared for suspense ... Several of Poe’s works have dark and complex ...

The roots of modern detective fiction go back over 150 years to a Boston-born master of the macabre, Edgar Allan Poe ... to unfold. Poe's works seemed to obsess about fear and death.

Specially tailored to the needs of undergraduates, the essays examine all of Poe's major writings, his poetry, short stores and criticism ... "Kevin Hayes's delightful Cambridge Companion to Edgar ...