Public domain via Wikimedia Commons When the New York Evening Mirror published Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “The Raven ... a grieving narrator mourning the death of his lover, Lenore.

T he poet and writer Edgar Allan Poe, who was born this month two hundred and sixteen years ago, was famous in his life time, and that fame has only continued to grow. Through his ...

Considered one of the most influential artists in contemporary theatre, Robert Wilson’s work ranges from counter-culture to ...

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The Soul of Nature ,” the Met’s new retrospective of nearly 40 of Friedrich’s paintings and more than 30 of his drawings, marks the 250th year since the artist’s birth in 1774. Much of Friedrich’s ...

The writer's former residence – now a National Historic Landmark – is also the location where historians believe Poe composed many of his famous poems ... The Edgar Allan Poe House is open ...

Activities include an art workshop, open mic and poetry slam, artist talk ... of a literary giant and solve a crime at the Edgar Allan Poe Birthday & Poe Toaster Murder Mystery at Westminster ...

both master of his domain and utterly alienated from it — can be seen in everything from the poetry of Edgar Allan Poe to the television show Severance to countless memes. Friedrich is the ...

Once published, in the early months of 1845, this poem made him an overnight success. Edgar Allan Poe died on October 7th, 1849. The doctor labeled his cause of death as “phrenitis” (inflammation of ...