Edgar Allan Poe

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C. Auguste Dupin    was created by    Edgar Allan Poe Entertainment > Detectives

'The Raven' by Edgar Allan Poe    has the opening lines    Once Upon a Midnight Dreary... While I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore Arts & Literature > Poetry Opening Lines

Edgar Allan Poe    uttered the last words    "Lord Help My Poor Soul." History & Mythology > Famous Last Words

1849        Edgar Allan Poe Died American poet, author of "The Raven" History & Mythology > 19th Century Events

'Annabel Lee' by Edgar Allan Poe    has the opening lines    It Was Many and Many a Year Ago, In a Kingdom by the Sea... That a maiden there lived, whom you may know By the name of Annabel Lee; Arts & Literature > Poetry Opening Lines

'Ulalume' by Edgar Allan Poe    has the opening lines    The Skies They Were Ashen and Sober... The leaves they were crispèd and sere, The leaves they were withering and sere; It was night in the lonesome October Arts & Literature > Poetry Opening Lines

"This Misty Mid Region of Weir: Well I Know, Now, This Dank Tarn of Auber, This Ghoul-haunted Woodland of Weir."    are the closing lines of    Ulalume by Edgar Allan Poe Arts & Literature > Poetry Closing Lines

Edgar Allan Poe    said    "All That We See or Seem is but a Dream Within a Dream" Poet Language > Quotations

Edgar Allan Poe    said    "Poetry is the Rhythmical Creation of Beauty in Words" Poet Language > Quotations

Edgar Allan Poe    said    "We Loved With a Love That Was More Than Love" Poet Language > Quotations

Edgar Allan Poe    has the epitaph    "Quoth the Raven “Nevermore”" Westminster Presbyterian Cemetery; Baltimore, Maryland Misc > Epitaphs

Edgar Allan Poe    is famous for being an    Author Edgar Allan Poe's notable works include: the Gothic Romance 'The Fall of the House of Usher'(1840), which he wrote for Burton's Gentleman's Magazine; 'The Raven' (1845); and The Murders in The Rue Morgue'(1841) regarded by many as the first English language detective story. Misc > Famous People's Professions

Edgar Allan Poe    was born in    Boston, U.S.A. Massachusetts. 19th January 1809 Misc > Birthplaces

"And My Soul from out That Shadow That Lies Floating on the Floor Shall Be Lifted - Nevermore!"    are the closing lines of    The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe Arts & Literature > Poetry Closing Lines

Edgar Allan Poe    wrote    The Raven "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore …" Arts & Literature > Poetry

Edgar Allan Poe    wrote    A Dream Within a Dream "Take this kiss upon the brow! And, in parting from you now, Thus much let me avow …" Arts & Literature > Poetry

Edgar Allan Poe    wrote    Annabel Lee "it was many and many a year ago, in a kingdom by the sea" Arts & Literature > Poetry

Edgar Allan Poe    wrote    The Tell-tale Heart 1843. "The Tell-Tale Heart" is widely considered a classic of the Gothic fiction genre and one of Poe's most famous short stories. Arts & Literature > Fiction - Horror and Gothic Novels

Edgar Allan Poe    wrote    The Descent Into the Maelstrom 1841. It has been grouped with Poe's tales of ratiocination and also labeled an early form of science fiction. Arts & Literature > Fiction - Short Stories

Edgar Allan Poe    wrote    The Fall of the House of Usher 1839 Arts & Literature > Fiction - Short Stories

Edgar Allan Poe    wrote    The Masque of the Red Death 1842 Arts & Literature > Fiction - Short Stories

Edgar Allan Poe    wrote    The Pit and the Pendulum 1842 Arts & Literature > Fiction - Short Stories

Edgar Allan Poe    wrote    The Murders in the Rue Morgue 1841. As the first true detective in fiction, the Dupin character established many literary devices which would be used in future fictional detectives including Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot. Arts & Literature > Fiction - Short Stories

Edgar Allan Poe    wrote    The Tell-Tale Heart 1843. "The Tell-Tale Heart" is widely considered a classic of the Gothic fiction genre and one of Poe's most famous short stories. Arts & Literature > Fiction - Short Stories

Edgar Allan Poe    created the character    Prince Prospero The Masque of the Red Death; short story, 1842 Arts & Literature > Characters in Literature

Shangri-La    was created by    Edgar Allan Poe In the story, "The Facts in the Case of Mr. Valdemar" Arts & Literature > Fictional Places in Literature

Tsalal    was created by    Edgar Allan Poe Lush wooded island in "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym", 1838 Arts & Literature > Fictional Places in Literature

The Oblong Box (1969)    has the tagline    Edgar Allan Poe's Classic Tale of the Restless Dead and Their Unspeakable Hungers! Movies > Movie Taglines

Pluto    is    A Cat in Edgar Allan Poe's Short Story, 'The Black Cat' Entertainment > Fictional Animals

The Oblong Box (1969)    has the tagline    Edgar Allan Poe's Horror Classic! Movies > Movie Taglines