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Edgar Allan Poe Resources

Works about Poe

Hutchisson, James M. Poe. Jackson, MS: University of Mississippi Press, 2005.

Ostrom, John Ward, ed. The Collected Letters of Edgar Allan Poe, 2 vols., 3rd ed. Revised and expanded by Burton R. Pollin and Jeffrey A. Savoye. New York: Gordian Press, 2008.

Quinn, Arthur Hobson. Edgar Allan Poe: A Critical Biography. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1941.

Symons, Julian. The Tell-Tale Heart: The Life and Works of Edgar Allan Poe. New York: Harper & Row, 1978.

Web sites

The Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore
Founded in 1923, the Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore grew out of several smaller organizations endeavoring to erect a memorial to Poe at his gravesite. They have been responsible for the preservation of Poe's Baltimore home and continue to honor Poe's legacy with an annual lecture series and several publications. The society's comprehensive Web site features information and essays about Poe's life and work. www.eapoe.org.

The Poe Museum
Richmond's Poe Museum hosts a collection of Poe's manuscripts and artifacts from his life. The museum's Web site features a brief biography of Poe with special attention paid to his time in Richmond, educational resources, and a selection of Poe's stories and poems. http://www.poemuseum.org.

Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
Poe lived in Philadelphia for six years, where he wrote and published some of his most influential work, including "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and "The Gold-Bug." For the last year or so of his time in the city (c. 1842-1844), he lived with his wife and mother-in-law at what is now the Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site maintained by the National Park Service. www.nps.gov/edal.

The Edgar Allan Poe Cottage, Fordham, Bronx, New York
From 1846 to 1849, Edgar Allan Poe lived in the hills of the Bronx, New York. Here, his young wife died and Poe wrote some of his most lyrical work, such as "Annabel Lee" and "The Bells." The Edgar Allan Poe Cottage is now preserved by The Bronx County Historical Society. www.bronxhistoricalsociety.org/poecottage.html.

Source: The Big Read