Published on this day in 1845, the work used alliteration, internal rhyme and repetition to draw in readers, lending it a ...

It is nearly fifty years since the death of Edgar Allan Poe ... which is the foundation of Poe's Philosophy of Composition, and Poe was the third poet to be made famous by the careful application ...

On January 19, 1809, the great Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts. In school, I read many of his tales. Poe was a true literary genius.

The Boston native only lived until he was 40 years old, but he was one of the most famous literary pioneers ... So, it was ...