Written by Kelly White Today, the Poe Museum celebrates the 148th anniversary of Sarah Helen Whitman’s death. When a book, movie, or museum focuses on one person, people often assume...
Written by Nicole Coppino Be careful what you wish for seems to be an age old adage, a trope presented in so many different forms of media that it has...
Written by Kelly Keener In the fall of 2016, I acquired Elizabeth Fries Ellet’s autograph album. Ellet, a contemporary of Poe’s, was known to the public during her time for...
Written by Victoria Meader “To me his prose is unreadable—like Jane Austen’s. No, there is a difference. I could read his prose on salary, but not Jane’s. Jane is entirely impossible.”...
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Did you know Edgar Allan Poe had Irish ancestry? Edgar’s great-great grandfather, David Poe, is the namesake for Poe’s grandfather and father. David Poe of Dring, in the Parish...
“Quoth the Raven, ‘Wahoowa!’” Today, February 14th, marks the 200th anniversary of Edgar Allan Poe’s enrollment at the University of Virginia. Poe entered the...
1845 was an influential year in the American literary sphere. In that year, two radically opposing works gained international recognition: The Narrative of Fredrick...
Today marks the 208th anniversary of Mary Shelley’s seminal Gothic novel, Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. For over two centuries, Frankenstein has captivated audiences, whether through the...
