Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the United States and of American literature as a whole, and he was one of the country's earliest practitioners of the short story. He is also generally considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre and is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. Poe was the first well-known American writer to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career.
Poe was born in Boston, the second child of actors David and Elizabeth "Eliza" Poe. His father abandoned the family in 1810, and his mother died the following year. Thus orphaned, Poe was taken in by John and Frances Allan of Richmond, Virginia. They never formally adopted him, but he was with them well into young adulthood. Tension developed later as Poe and John Allan repeatedly clashed over Poe's debts, including those incurred by gambling, and the cost of Poe's education. Poe attended the University of Virginia but left after a year due to lack of money. He quarreled with Allan over the funds for his education and enlisted in the United States Army in 1827 under an assumed name. It was at this time that his publishing career began with the anonymous collection Tamerlane and Other Poems (1827), credited only to "a Bostonian". Poe and Allan reached a temporary rapprochement after the death of Allan's wife in 1829. Poe later failed as an officer cadet at West Point, declaring a firm wish to be a poet and writer, and he ultimately parted ways with Allan.
Poe switched his focus to prose and spent the next several years working for literary journals and periodicals, becoming known for his own style of literary criticism. His work forced him to move among several cities, including Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York City. He married his 13-year-old cousin, Virginia Clemm, in 1836, but Virginia died of tuberculosis in 1847. In January 1845, Poe published his poem "The Raven" to instant success. He planned for years to produce his own journal The Penn (later renamed The Stylus), but before it could be produced, he died in Baltimore on October 7, 1849, at age 40. The cause of his death is unknown and has been variously attributed to disease, alcoholism, substance abuse, suicide, and other causes.
Cadabra Releases:
The Raven (2016)
The Raven (2018)
The Cask of Amontillado
The Black Cat
The Tell Tale Heart
The Masque of the Red Death/Berenice
The Pit and the Pendulum
Ligeia
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
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== Poetry ==
Title 	Date 	First published in 	Notes
"Poetry" 	1824 	Never published in Poe's lifetime 	
"O, Tempora! O, Mores!" 	1825 	Never published in Poe's lifetime 	Not authenticated, attribution to Poe is likely incorrect
"Tamerlane" 	July 1827 	Tamerlane and Other Poems 	
"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 in Poe's lifetime 	
"Alone" 	1829 	Never published in 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 in Poe's lifetime 	
"Elizabeth" 	1829 	Never published in 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 in 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 in 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" 	February 1845 	American Review: A Whig Journal 	
"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 in Poe's lifetime 	Incomplete
"Deep in Earth" 	1847 	Never published in 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 in 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
"The Bells" 	November 1849 	Sartain's Union Magazine 	Sold before Poe's death but published posthumously
== Tales ==
Title 	Publication date 	First published in 	Genre 	Notes
"Metzengerstein" 	January 14, 1832 	Philadelphia Saturday Courier 	Horror / Satire 	First published anonymously with the subtitle "A Tale in Imitation of the German"
"The Duc de L'Omelette" 	March 3, 1832 	Philadelphia Saturday Courier 	Humor 	Originally "The Duke of l'Omelette"
"A Tale of Jerusalem" 	June 9, 1832 	Philadelphia Saturday Courier 	Humor 	
"Loss of Breath" 	November 10, 1832 	Philadelphia Saturday Courier 	Humor 	Originally "A Decided Loss"
"Bon-Bon" 	December 1, 1832 	Philadelphia Saturday Courier 	Humor 	Originally "The Bargain Lost"
"MS. Found in a Bottle" 	October 19, 1833 	Baltimore Saturday Visiter 	Adventure 	
"The Assignation" 	January 1834 	Godey's Lady's Book 	Horror 	Originally "The Visionary", published anonymously
"Berenice" 	March 1835 	Southern Literary Messenger 	Horror 	
"Morella" 	April 1835 	Southern Literary Messenger 	Horror 	
"Lionizing" 	May 1835 	Southern Literary Messenger 	Satire 	Subtitle: "A Tale"
"The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall" 	June 1835 	Southern Literary Messenger 	Adventure 	
"King Pest" 	September 1835 	Southern Literary Messenger 	Horror / Humor 	Originally "King Pest the First", published anonymously
"Shadow—A Parable" 	September 1835 	Southern Literary Messenger 	Horror 	Published anonymously
"Four Beasts in One—The Homo-Cameleopard" 	March 1836 	Southern Literary Messenger 	Humor 	Originally "Epimanes"
"Mystification" 	June 1837 	American Monthly Magazine 	Humor 	Originally "Von Jung, the Mystific"
"Silence—A Fable" 	1838 	Baltimore Book 	Horror / Fantasy 	Originally "Siope—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 	Humor / Satire 	
"The Man That Was Used Up" 	August 1839 	Burton's Gentleman's Magazine 	Satire 	
"The Fall of the House of Usher" 	September 1839 	Burton's Gentleman's Magazine 	Horror 	
"William Wilson" 	October 1839 	The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1840	Horror 	
"The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion" 	December 1839 	Burton's Gentleman's Magazine 	Science fiction 	
"Why the Little Frenchman Wears His Hand in a Sling"	1840 	Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque 	Humor 	
"The Business Man" 	February 1840 	Burton's Gentleman's Magazine 	Humor 	Originally "Peter Pendulum"
"The Man of the Crowd" 	December 1840 	Graham's Magazine 	Horror 	
"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" 	April 1841 	Graham's Magazine 	Detective fiction 	
"A Descent into the Maelström" 	May 1841 	Graham's Magazine 	Adventure 	
"The Island of the Fay" 	June 1841 	Graham's Magazine 	Fantasy 	
"The Colloquy of Monos and Una" 	August 1841 	Graham's Magazine 	Science fiction 	
"Never Bet the Devil Your Head" 	September 1841 	Graham's Magazine 	Satire 	Subtitled "A Tale with a Moral"
"Eleonora" 	Fall 1841 	The Gift for 1842 	Romance 	
"Three Sundays in a Week" 	November 27, 1841 	Saturday Evening Post 	Humor 	Originally "A Succession of Sundays"
"The Oval Portrait" 	April 1842 	Graham's Magazine 	Horror 	Originally "Life in Death"
"The Masque of the Red Death" 	May 1842 	Graham's Magazine 	Horror 	Originally "The Mask of the Red Death"
"The Landscape Garden" 	October 1842 	Snowden's Ladies' Companion 	Sketch 	Later incorporated into "The Domain of Arnheim"
"The Mystery of Marie Rogêt" 	November 1842, December 1842, February 1843 (serialized)	Snowden's Ladies' Companion 	Detective fiction 	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 	Horror 	
"The Tell-Tale Heart" 	January 1843 	The Pioneer 	Horror 	
"The Gold-Bug" 	June 1843 	Dollar Newspaper 	Adventure 	
"The Black Cat" 	August 19, 1843 	United States Saturday Post 	Horror 	
"Diddling" 	October 14, 1843 	Philadelphia Saturday Courier 	Parody 	Originally "Raising the Wind; or, Diddling Considered as One of the Exact Sciences"
"The Spectacles" 	March 27, 1844 	Dollar Newspaper 	Humor 	
"A Tale of the Ragged Mountains" 	April 1844 	Godey's Lady's Book 	Science fiction, Adventure 	
"The Premature Burial" 	July 31, 1844 	Dollar Newspaper 	Horror 	
"Mesmeric Revelation" 	August 1844 	Columbian Magazine 	Science fiction 	
"The Oblong Box" 	September 1844 	Godey's Lady's Book 	Horror / Ratiocination 	
"The Angel of the Odd" 	October 1844 	Columbian Magazine 	Humor 	Subtitled "An Extravaganza"
"Thou Art the Man" 	November 1844 	Godey's Lady's Book 	Detective fiction / Satire 	
"The Literary Life of Thingum Bob, Esq." 	December 1844 	Southern Literary Messenger 	Humor 	
"The Purloined Letter" 	1844–1845 	The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present 	Detective fiction 	
"The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade" 	February 1845 	Godey's Lady's Book 	Humor 	Meant as a sequel to One Thousand and One Nights
"Some Words with a Mummy" 	April 1845 	American Review: A Whig Journal 	Satire 	
"The Power of Words" 	June 1845 	Democratic Review 	Science fiction 	
"The Imp of the Perverse" 	July 1845 	Graham's Magazine 	Horror 	
"The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether" 	November 1845 	Graham's Magazine 	Humor 	
"The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" 	December 1845 	The American Review 	Horror / Science fiction / Hoax	Originally "The Facts of M. Valdemar's Case"
"The Sphinx" 	January 1846 	Arthur's Ladies Magazine 	Satire 	
"The Cask of Amontillado" 	November 1846 	Godey's Lady's Book 	Horror 	
"The Domain of Arnheim" 	March 1847 	Columbian Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine 	Sketch 	Expansion of previous story "The Landscape Garden"
"Mellonta Tauta" 	February 1849 	Godey's Lady's Book 	Science fiction / Hoax 	
"Hop-Frog" 	March 17, 1849 	Flag of Our Union 	Horror 	Subtitled "Or, The Eight Chained Ourang-Outangs"
"Von Kempelen and His Discovery" 	April 14, 1849 	Flag of Our Union 	Hoax / Satire 	
"X-ing a Paragrab" 	May 12, 1849 	Flag of Our Union 	Humor 	
"Landor's Cottage" 	June 9, 1849 	Flag of Our Union 	Sketch 	Originally "Landor's Cottage: A Pendant to 'The Domain of Arnheim'"