Edgar Allan Poe | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/edgar-allan-poe/RSS feed for Edgar Allan PoeenWed, 29 Jan 2025 10:00:00 +0000Discover Why 'The Raven,' Edgar Allan Poe's Narrative Poem About a Distraught Lover and a Talking Bird, Remains an American Classichttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/discover-why-the-raven-edgar-allan-poes-narrative-poem-about-a-distraught-lover-and-a-talking-bird-remains-an-american-classic-180985874/Published on this day in 1845, the work used alliteration, internal rhyme and repetition to draw in readers, lending it a dark and melancholic toneWed, 29 Jan 2025 10:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/discover-why-the-raven-edgar-allan-poes-narrative-poem-about-a-distraught-lover-and-a-talking-bird-remains-an-american-classic-180985874/How Edgar Allan Poe Became Our Era's Premier Storytellerhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/edgar-allan-poe-became-era-premier-storyteller-180971001/Fans of the mystery writer have no shortage of ways to pay homage to the scribe behind "The Raven" and so much moreThu, 03 Jan 2019 13:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/edgar-allan-poe-became-era-premier-storyteller-180971001/Take a Trip Through Edgar Allan Poe's Americahttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/take-trip-through-edgar-allan-poes-america-180953067/From his birth in Boston to his death in Baltimore, check out places that were important to America's favorite macabre authorTue, 28 Oct 2014 13:34:24 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/take-trip-through-edgar-allan-poes-america-180953067/Without Edgar Allan Poe, We Wouldn't Have Sherlock Holmeshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/edgar-allan-poe-invented-detective-story-180962914/C. Auguste Dupin, Poe's main character, was the first genius detectiveThu, 20 Apr 2017 13:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/edgar-allan-poe-invented-detective-story-180962914/Who Was the Poe Toaster? We Still Have No Ideahttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/who-was-poe-toaster-we-still-have-no-idea-180961820/In Baltimore, they’re keeping the tradition of visiting Edgar Allan Poe’s grave for his birthday—but without the mysteryThu, 19 Jan 2017 17:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/who-was-poe-toaster-we-still-have-no-idea-180961820/This Grave Atlas Shows Where to Find the Distinguished Deceasedhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/grave-atlas-shows-where-find-distinguished-deceased-180953187/We know where the bodies are buried ... take a virtual tour of world cemeteries that host famous artists and roguesWed, 29 Oct 2014 18:01:49 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/grave-atlas-shows-where-find-distinguished-deceased-180953187/The (Still) Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/still-mysterious-death-edgar-allan-poe-180952936/Was the famous author killed from a beating? From carbon monoxide poisoning? From alcohol withdrawal? Here are the top nine theoriesTue, 07 Oct 2014 12:21:33 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/still-mysterious-death-edgar-allan-poe-180952936/Edgar Allan Poe, Interior Design Critichttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/edgar-allan-poe-interior-design-critic-180949543/What scared the author of 'The Pit and the Pendulum'? Bad design.Wed, 19 Feb 2014 15:04:30 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/edgar-allan-poe-interior-design-critic-180949543/When Edgar Allan Poe Needed to Get Away, He Went to the Bronxhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/when-edgar-allan-poe-needed-to-get-away-he-went-to-the-bronx-180949454/The author of 'The Raven' immortalized his small New York cottage in a lesser-known short storyTue, 28 Jan 2014 16:06:44 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/when-edgar-allan-poe-needed-to-get-away-he-went-to-the-bronx-180949454/Edgar Allan Poe Tried and Failed to Crack the Mysterious Murder Case of Mary Rogershttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/edgar-allan-poe-tried-and-failed-to-crack-the-mysterious-murder-case-of-mary-rogers-7493607/After a teenage beauty turned up dead in the Hudson River, not even the godfather of detective fiction could figure out who done itThu, 31 Oct 2013 15:26:14 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/edgar-allan-poe-tried-and-failed-to-crack-the-mysterious-murder-case-of-mary-rogers-7493607/