On Oct. 3, 1849, American poet Edgar Allan ... sober; Poe resigned under duress just a few months later. So, apparently, he could not. Poe’s binge drinking was likely what caused his death ...

CORBIS/Corbis via Getty American writer Edgar Allan ... Poe died at 40 years old. Details surrounding the days leading up to his demise are the stuff of legend. Not even his medical records or ...

To borrow a current idiom, Edgar Allan ... Poe married when she was 13. The marriage wasn’t immediately consummated, but they ...

So pick your favorite theory—it may reveal just as much about you and your preoccupations as it does about the life and death of the enigmatic Edgar Allan Poe.

Nevermore: The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe combines the biographical with the allegorical, allowing audiences to experience the angst of Edgar’s life in rich detail.

Uncover the dark and curious truth behind the death of one of America's most beloved authors, Edgar Allan Poe. For centuries, the circumstances surrounding his death have remained shrouded in mystery.

In the annals of American literary culture, few have left as bold a mark as Edgar Allan Poe ... her five-year decline and death from tuberculosis at 24. Poe himself by then had but two years ...

“the death, then, of a beautiful woman is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world.” Major support for Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive is provided by the National Endowment for the ...