“It is with literature as with law or empire — an established name is an estate in tenure, or a throne in possession.”
About Edgar Allan Poe
19 January 1809–7 October 1849
Edgar Allan Poe stands as one of the most enigmatic and influential figures in American literature, a writer whose troubled life and haunting works have captivated readers for nearly two centuries. Born Edgar Poe on January 19, 1809, in Boston, Massachusetts, he would live only forty years before his mysterious death…