Links+to+more+info+on+Edgar+Allan+Poe

= Edgar Allan Poe = = = =Here are a few links to sites with more in-depth information and some interactive features to dig deeper into the Mystery that is POE! MANY on-line sources about Poe are NOT all that reliable. The following links are trustworthy. Mrs. Ready has personally spoken with and read about the creators of the Poe Museum site and the Poe Society of Boston--and they recommended the others.=

== = = = Video Links: = =Below are short excerpt videos (all 1-4 minutes long) that focus on a few key aspects of Poe's life and legacy. If you don't want to watch the full biography video I link to at the end of the list, these are fun and informative. You do have to suffer through some commercials to get to the free content.= = = = Short video of his life: [|4 minute video on highlights of Poe's life] = = = =[|Short video on "The Raven"]= = = =[|one minute video on Poe as his own worst enemy]= = = =[|Poe's trying to come to terms with connection to an afterlife to deal with the losses he suffered.]= = = =[|MORE on Poe's life and affect on his writing]= = = =[|Poe as "inventor" of the Detective Story]= = = =[|45 minute full biography of Poe] = ===An easy to watch on-line biography channel show--recommended by the curator of the Poe museum in Baltimore. It is a LITTLE eerie but really drives home the many dark problems he faced in life that deeply influenced his writing. There are some annoying commercials but it is a free link. If you want to watch it after school without commercials, I have the video. === = = = = =__ Other sites with written information and pictures __= = They include links to theories about his death. This is the MOST comprehensive site about Poe and one that is reliably accurate. A good relatively short biography on the "Poe's Life" page of the site. = = [|Poe Museum site biography] = = = = =

= This link to the [|Poe Society of Boston website] concentrates on connections to the City of Boston, but also gives SUCCINCT overviews of highlights of his life and some pictures from his life. = = = = = = = = =

= Poe's Writing = = Text of "The Black Cat"--this site has the full text of many of Poe's stories and some vocabulary help--although the list of words is different from ours. = = [] = = =

= The Poe Toaster Legend--A mysterious figure used to arrive at Poe's burial site at midnight on Poe's birthday each year and propose a toast in his memory, leaving roses and half of bottle of cognac (a kind of liquor) behind. =

= Link to [|information on the Poe Toaster] =

= MORE Mystery: Poe was buried TWICE! First in unmarked grave, then a new grave marker was destroyed, and his remains were moved...read more at following link. = = [|Info on confusion over gravesite] = = = = =