He had friends,” said Richard A. Kopley, author of “Edgar Allan Poe: A Life,” recently published by the University of Virginia Press. “He had friends who loved him, he had some enemies, and he lived ...

To borrow a current idiom, Edgar Allan Poe was a lot. Which means, almost syllogistically, that any biography of him — even one as thoughtful and compassionate as Richard Kopley’s “Edgar ...

Mr. Kopley intends this biography to be “accessible to all.” Alas, while “Edgar Allan Poe” will no doubt assist those in academia, the armchair Poe enthusiast is likely to find it tough going.

She’s a writer herself, like Virginia, and is deeply supportive of Poe’s writing, as Virginia was. She also dies young, similar to Poe’s wife, who died of tuberculosis at age 24. A scene ...

Explore the significance of a newly acquired letter from Edgar Allan Poe to Washington Irving at Richmond's Poe Museum, showcasing the connection between two literary giants of the 19th century.

We'll see "Eddie Poe" take audiences through Poe's first year at the University of Virginia; "Edgar Allan," inspired by a pre-adolescent Poe; and "Edgar Perry," following a 17-year-old Poe's time ...

Filled with visual and verbal nods to the writer’s life and work, Nevermore: The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe combines the biographical with the allegorical, allowing ...

Shortly before Edgar Allan Poe died Oct. 7, 1849, a Baltimore Sun typesetter reportedly found him in a Baltimore tavern, filthy and delirious. Friends took him to a nearby hospital where, days late… ...

It’s difficult not to encounter the work of Edgar Allan Poe. His famous raven’s refrain “Nevermore” continues to caw in high school classrooms. The icy grip of his short stories keeps hold of our ...

We meet Edgar Allan Poe, the father of the mystery tale and architect of the modern short story, at age 11, about to start boarding school and already precociously calling himself “remarkable ...