University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Edgar Allan Poe
The exotic settings and complex characters of Poe's work are explored in this brief essay.
Library of Congress
Loc: Edgar Allen Poe Was Born Jan. 1809
A brief biography of Edgar Allen Poe's fascinating life is presented on this site from the Library of Congress. Illustrations and portraits enrich the four pages of information on this American author.
Georgetown University
Georgetown University: Edgar Allan Poe (1809 1849)
This site is a professor's guide for students. This guide features information on how to distinguish between Poe and his narrators in his stories.
Other
Mystery Net: Edgar Allan Poe
Biography and analysis of the writing of Edgar Allan Poe. Examines Poe's contribution to the mystery genre. Also provides the text of several of Poe's writings.
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America.gov: Archive: Edgar Allan Poe [Pdf]
An essay, formatted to be printed and displayed as a poster, offers an illustrated exploration of Edgar Allan Poe's life and writing. Accompanied by audio excerpts and transcripts of Poe's well-known works, "The Masque of the Red Death,"...
National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts: The Big Read: Poe: Stories and Poems
Guide to the stories and poems of Edgar Allan Poe, including historical information, author biography, discussion questions, and a ten-lesson teaching unit with project ideas and essay questions. A radio show, with transcript, features...
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: The Heresy of the Didactic
Poets.org presents the full text to Edgar Allan Poe's essay, "The Heresy of the Didactic." In addition to the full length essay, links are provided for related prose.
Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore
Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore: Poe's Letters: Poe to Rufus Wilmot Griswold
Transcript of a brief letter, written by Poe to R. W. Griswold, in which Poe makes note of a revision to the last stanza of "Lenore."
Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore
Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore: Poe's Essays and Sketches
A collection of Poe's essays, sketches, and published lectures.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: A Directed Listening Thinking Activity
Lesson which requires students to listen to The Tell-Tale Heart read aloud, answer prediction questions during the reading, and write written responses after. Excellent for beginning a mystery unit.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Onomatopoeia: A Figurative Language Mini Lesson
Contains plans for a miniinstructional activity that teaches about onomatopoeia using Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Bells." In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the instructional...
Curated OER
Edgar Allan Poe
NPR offers a thorough look at the writing of, and history of, "The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe. Here you can listen to a classic recording of "The Raven," as well as listen to the report as it aired on NPR.
New York University
Nyu: Literature, Arts and Medicine Database
NYU's Literature, Arts and Medicine Database is a collection of writings, art and film that encompass the medical humanities. Full texts of fiction, poetry, drama and nonfiction are available, as well as artworks and film clips. Summary...
Other
Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: Online Collection
This site provides you with 245 of Ambrose Bierces' Fantastic Fables. This online collection is not sorted but shown in order as the fables were published.
Other
Database of Award Winning Children's Literature
This is a phenomenal resource. It allows the user to create a reading list of quality children's literature based of choices such as reading level, type of book, genre, ethnicity, gender, etc. In addition, one can determine if a book won...
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: Odilon Redon
French painter and graphic artist, one of the outstanding figures of Symbolism. This site contains information on Redon's art work as well as providing examples of his work.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: Murders in the Rue Morgue
This fascinating story published in 1845 is one of the first detective stories written. Read about the major characters and themes in this intriguing site.