Summary
Edgar Allan Poe was an American poet, short story writer, editor and literary critic and is described as the father of the modern detective story. Some of his most famous writings of mystery and the macabre include "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Cask of Amontillado," and "The Pit and the Pendulum." "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is widely recognized as the first mystery-detective story. Among his most cited poems are "Annabel Lee" and "The Raven." Born in 1809 in Boston, Poe's parents died when he was young and he was raised by John and Frances Allan of Richmond, Va. Poe's publishing career began in 1827 with an anonymous collection of poems, "Tamerlane and Other Poems." On Oct. 7, 1849, Poe died at the age...
Edgar Allan Poe was an American poet, short story writer, editor and literary critic and is described as the father of the modern detective story. Some of his most famous writings of mystery and the macabre include "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Cask of Amontillado," and "The Pit and the Pendulum." "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is widely recognized as the first mystery-detective story. Among his most cited poems are "Annabel Lee" and "The Raven." Born in 1809 in Boston, Poe's parents died when he was young and he was raised by John and Frances Allan of Richmond, Va. Poe's publishing career began in 1827 with an anonymous collection of poems, "Tamerlane and Other Poems." On Oct. 7, 1849, Poe died at the age of 40 in Baltimore. The cause of his death is undetermined and has been attributed to alcohol, drugs, cholera, rabies, suicide, tuberculosis, heart disease, brain congestion and other conditions. The bar in which Poe was last seen drinking still stands in Fells Point in Baltimore. Known today as The Horse You Came In On, local lore insists that a ghost they call "Edgar" haunts the rooms above. The earliest surviving home in which Poe lived is in Baltimore, preserved as the Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum. Since 1949, a mysterious person -- the so-called Poe Toaster -- has visited the writer's grave behind Westminster Hall near the western edge of downtown Baltimore every Jan. 19 (Poe's birthday) and leaves a half-bottle of cognac and three roses.
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Capital place to drive to
247-4732A short ride up Interstate 64, Richmond offers the thrifty traveler a chance to drink up history, culture and good beer in a setting that's refreshingly different, not shockingly strange. For Virginians, it's the place to connect with the past and to...Tags: Nature, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Natural Resources, Clothing and Textiles Industry
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Poe Cottage in NYC park to undergo renovation
Associated Press WriterIt was many and many a year ago in a cottage in the Bronx when Edgar Allan Poe lived his last years and wrote some of his classic pieces. The site, long a tourist attraction for those curious about the life of the author, will soon give visitors an even...Tags: Building Material, Renovation, Tour Operations Industry, Physiology, Metal and Mineral
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Will Ravens' plan fly?
The Ravens probably have enough on their plate right now, what with a new coach and a new quarterback and Derrick Martin's recent citation for alleged marijuana possession and impersonation of a Cincinnati Bengal, but they still found time to run afoul of...Tags: Jessica Simpson, Pamela Anderson, Animals, Baltimore Ravens, Oriole Park at Camden Yards
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Reading list is an open book
Big Read books are selected by a readers' circle composed of librarians, artists, writers, scholars and publishing professionals who suggest book titles for communities to share. The reading list consists of 22 classic and contemporary books from...Tags: Jack London
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Designs big, small win awards
Sun Architecture CriticTen years ago, St. Anthanasius Chapel in Curtis Bay appeared destined for the wrecking ball, after the Archdiocese of Baltimore closed it out of concerns that the 1891 building was structurally unsound. But today, the chapel is once again a meeting...Tags: Basilica of the Assumption, Mount Vernon Place
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Leonard Slatkin takes leave from NSO
Sun Music CriticOn a shelf in Leonard Slatkin's office at the Kennedy Center sit three of his half-dozen Grammy Awards, alongside photographs of him receiving honors from the two presidents whose terms coincided with his own as music director of the National Symphony...Tags: David Del Tredici, Marin Alsop, Yo-Yo Ma, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin
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Why at least one liberal arts college will never change
A recent article in The Sun noted that two more local colleges, Loyola and Villa Julie, are soon to become universities. Both are examples of a national trend in higher education. In Washington state, a similar drift is occurring. Whitman College, where...Tags: Government, National Government, Biology, Arts, Johns Hopkins University
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Go with the floe to 'Iceberg Alley'
Special to The TimesThe icebergs that travel to Labrador are time capsules -- sealed thousands of years ago, when snow fell on Greenland. The snow compressed into glacial ice, white from the trapped air bubbles, these from pre-pollution times. Today, that glacial ice...Tags: Fishing, Disasters, Seafood and Fishing Industry, Belle Isle, Natural Disasters
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Oates takes poetic license with 5 American writers
Tribune NewspapersThe classic authors who appear as fictionalized characters in "Wild Nights!" (Ecco, 256 pages, $24.95) aren't the ones most of us met in Intro to American Literature. Edgar Allan Poe copulating with a one-eyed amphibian? Mark Twain pursuing pubescent...Tags: Henry James, Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, Ernest Hemingway
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Private program backed by tax dollars helps underachievers onto the right track
Special To The SentinelIt was a cameo fit for a movie star. On June 4, police escort in tow, a white stretch limo made its way to a cheering crowd huddled around a rolled out red carpet. Inside? Six superstar students from the Orange County Community Education Partners (CEP)...Tags: Government, Awards and Prizes, Students, National Government, Society
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