Edgar Allan Poe

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Poe, 1848 (C.T. Tatman)

About the author

Edgar Allan Poe

Biographical details △

Born
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 1809

Died
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 1849

Publications
Stories, poetry, novels, criticism

Genres
Literary, fantasy, horror, adventure, science fiction, crime, mystery

Writing language
English

Places of writing
Baltimore, Maryland; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; New York City, New York; Fordham village (now the Bronx), New York; and other places in the United States

Greatest lists △

Literature

• Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque (1839)

• "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" (1841)

• The Raven and Other Poems (1845)

Stories

• "The Man That Was Used Up" (1839)

• "The Fall of the House of Usher" (1839)

• "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" (1841)

• "A Descent into the Maelström" (1841)

• "The Pit and the Pendulum" (1842)

• "The Gold Bug" (1843)

• "The Tell-Tale Heart" (1843)

• "The Purloined Letter" (1844)

• "The Cask of Amontillado" (1844)

• "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" (1845)

Story Collections

• Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque (1839)

• Tales (1845)

Poems

• "The Raven" (1845)

• "Annabel Lee" (1849)

• "A Dream Within a Dream" (1849)

American Literature

• Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque (1839)

• "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" (1841)

• "The Raven" (1845)

Adventure

• Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (1838)

Crime and Mystery Stories

• "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" (1841)

• "The Gold Bug" (1843)

• "The Purloined Letter" (1844)

Fantasy Stories

• "The Fall of the House of Usher" (1839)

• "The Masque of the Red Death" (1843)

• "The Tell-Tale Heart" (1843)

• "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" (1845)

Horror

• Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque (1839)

Horror Stories

• "The Fall of the House of Usher" (1839)

• "The Masque of the Red Death" (1842)

• "The Pit and the Pendulum" (1842)

• "The Tell-Tale Heart" (1843)

• "The Cask of Amontillado" (1846)

Science Fiction Stories

• "The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall" (1835)

• "The Man That Was Used Up" (1839)

Related pages △

• Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque

• The Murders in the Rue Morgue

• The Purloined Letter

• The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar

Works published in book form

Tamerlane and Other Poems, poetry collection, 1827

"Tamerlane", "Song", "Dreams", "Visits of the Dead (later known as "Spirits of the Dead")", "Evening Star", "Imitation", "Stanzas", "A Dream", "The Happiest Day", "The Lake""

Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems, poetry collection, 1829

"To the River—", "To —", "The bowers whereat, in dreams...", "To —", "Should my early life seem...", "Romance", "Fairy-Land", "To Science", "Al Aaraaf""

Poems, poetry collection, 1831

"To Helen"", "A Paean", "The Sleeper", "The City in the Sea", "The Valley of Unrest", "Israfel"

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, novel, 1838

Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque, story collection, 1839

"Morella", "Lionizing", "William Wilson", "The Man That Was Used Up—A Tale of the Late Bugaboo and Kickapoo Campaign", "The Fall of the House of Usher", "The Duc de L'Omelette", "MS. Found in a Bottle", "Bon-Bon", "Shadow—A Parable", "The Devil in the Belfry", "Ligeia", "King Pest—A Tale Containing an Allegory", "The Signora Zenobia", "The Scythe of Time", "Epimanes", "Siope", "The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall", "A Tale of Jerusalem", "Von Jung", "Loss of Breath", "Metzengerstein", "Berenice", "Why the Little Frenchman Wears His Hand in a Sling", "The Visionary", "The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion"

The Prose Romances of Edgar A. Poe, two stories, 1843

"The Murders in the Rue Morgue"

Tales, story collection, 1845

"The Gold-Bug", "The Black Cat", "Mesmeric Revelation", "Lionizing", "A Descent into the Maelstrom", "The Colloquy of Monos and Una", "The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion", "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", "The Mystery of Marie Roget", "The Purloined Letter", "The Man of the Crowd"

The Raven and Other Poems, poetry collection, 1845

incl. "The Raven", "The Valley of Unrest", "Bridal Ballad", "The City in the Sea", "Eulalie", "The Conqueror Worm", "The Haunted Palace"

Eureka: A Prose Poem, essay, 1848

Tales of Mystery and Imagination, story collection, 1902, first collection of many to use this title

The Letters of Edgar Allan Poe, letters, 1848

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