1809 - 1849
great American poet and writer of prose
Poe wrote of poetry's purity in his criticism, while writing theatre reviews that would shift copies for their ruthlessness. He began his literary career with verse that would charm readers with its musicality, and became famous for later stories of imponderable bleakness.
Madness and the Fear of Death in Poe -- How Poe's characters exhibit madness and the fear of death and how they try to circumvent death
Vision of âThe Masque of the Red Deathâ as a Play -- This essay is about edgar allen poes short story âThe Masque of the Red Death.â I wrote this essay on what I would do if i had to turn this story into a play.
Edgar Allan Poe - An Appreciation -- this interesting overview of Poe's works comes from an introduction to an early collection of his poetry
The Life of Poe -- background information to Poe from the introduction to an early collection of his poetry
The Death of Poe -- information on Poe's life, from the introduction to an early edition of a collection of his poems
I Thought I Had Bad Dreams -- Comparison Poe and Fuseli, "The Fall of the House of Usher" to "The Nightmare"
Poe's Short Stories and Enlightenment Rationality -- The role of rationality in Poe's 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' and 'The Man of the Crowd'
English Romanticism and Edgar Allen Poe -- I have tried to show Poe's debt to French Romantic writers.. It should be noted first that the size of the audience French Romanticism enjoyed in America should not be understimated
Themes in Edgar Allen Poe; The Tales from the Tell Tale Heart -- Reviews Poe use of language and plot themes, in the Tell Tale Heart in relation to Poes other stories
A Discussion of Beauty Within the Work of Edgar Allan Poe -- An in-depth analysis of the way in which beauty is portrayed within the work of Edgar Allan Poe.