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for those who enjoy the works of poe

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* Born: 19 January 1809
* Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts
* Died: 7 October 1849
* Best Known As: Author of "The Raven"

Edgar Allan Poe's classic poem "The Raven" cemented his reputation as a black-feathered literary master of the macabre. In the late 1820s and early 1830s Poe mixed poetry with work as a soldier in the U.S. Army. He was dismissed from West Point and moved to Baltimore, Maryland, where he began writing prose. Throughout the 1830s and 1840s Poe worked on various magazines in Richmond, Philadelphia and New York, and also published creepy short stories and poems, including "The Purloined Letter," "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Cask of Amontillado." His story The Murders in the Rue Morgue is widely considered to be the first modern detective story, with Poe the forerunner of later masters of the craft like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie. Never in robust health, and a heavy drinker into the bargain, Poe died under mysterious circumstances at age 40 after visiting Virginia to lecture. He was found languishing on the street in Baltimore and taken unconscious to a local hospital, where he died.

Poe's detective in The Murders in the Rue Morgue was named C. Auguste Dupin... Baltimore's National Football League team, the Ravens, is named in whimsical tribute to Poe's famous poem... Since the 100th anniversary of Poe's death in 1949, an anonymous visitor has come to Poe's grave each year on the writer's birthday, leaving three roses and a bottle of cognac. By tradition no one attempts to follow the "Poe Toaster" and his identity remains unknown. However, it is presumed others have taken over for the original visitor... Poe wrote an 1836 essay unmasking the chess-playing automaton The Turk as a human-powered fraud.

links for stories, and other poe related things:
http://www.poestories.com/

http://houseofusher.net/

http://www.sepulchritude.com/suffer/poefest/raven_turner.html

http://poespirits.com/

http://fan.500ml.org/poe/

http://www.funtrivia.com/quizzes/literature/authors_l-p/edgar_allan_poe.html

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EDGAR ALLAN POE MYSTERY In an analysis almost 147 years after his death, doctors at the University of Maryland Medical Center believe that writer Edgar Allan Poe may have died as a result of rabie...

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Comment by Ishtar Anu-Rhea on November 28, 2009 at 8:23pm: New member just dropping by to say hello!

Comment by Lady_Opal on November 23, 2009 at 7:57pm: You read that so well,Master Golden Wizard.

Comment by Master Golden Wizard "Luxas" on November 22, 2009 at 6:30am

Comment by Carl Groves on November 19, 2009 at 1:12am: "And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming"
Edgar Allan Poe
True Poe magic!!

Comment by Carl Groves on November 19, 2009 at 12:53am: Here I go on a journey.
To to walk again through the darkness with an old master E.A.P.
Should be a lot of fun, as I haven't walked with him for such a long time .
I must begin with the Raven.
Unless someone else to give me hint of what to revisit.

Comment by TheGratefulNed on November 16, 2009 at 12:19pm: Have recently been reading a lot of H.P. Lovecraft's short stories. He cites Poe as one of his primary influences - in some places the influence is quite obvious. I'd definitely recommend any Poe fans give some of Lovecraft's works a read if you haven't already.

Comment by Master Golden Wizard "Luxas" on November 14, 2009 at 8:40pm: i like poe, his writings was the best of his day and made way for the night artist..

Comment by Adrienne Arrington on November 11, 2009 at 6:40pm: hm....favorite? I loved "Cask" that was teh first time I ever heard the narrator being the bad guy (of sorts)

Comment by Lady Bella on November 9, 2009 at 8:23pm: I am a great admirer of his work... aside from "The Raven" my next favorite would have to be "Alone"

Comment by Adrienne Arrington on November 5, 2009 at 8:21pm: I love poe....he's always been a favorite. My mother even dressed up as poe for halloween one year. I tried to learn to sign his poems but it was crazy hard...maybe I should try again.