Poe’s first published tale, “MS. Found in a Bottle,” (1833) won the Baltimore Visitor first prize for fiction. Poe scholar, Thomas Mabbott, calls it a “masterpiece,” and contends that, “winning
Tag: Eureka: A Prose Poem
The Challenge of Evaluating Poe’s, Eureka: A Prose Poem
Reprinted with permission from the Richmond, Virginia Poe Museum In my last column, I discussed the reasons that I decided not to focus my entire Master’s Thesis research on Poe’s
Poe’s “Oval Portrait” and The Picture of Dorian Gray
After reading Oscar Wilde’s, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), I was struck by how much his theme about the value of art resembled the one found in Poe’s
Bringing Litchatte.com Back on Line___________________!
My apologies to the regular and new Litchatte.com readers and subscribers. My site was essentially offline for the last week or so. While I was working with the developers to
Proposing to Evalaute Poe’s Eureka: A Prose Poem
First, I am going to propose what a researcher might have to do to conduct a comprehensive study of Poe’s 1848 book, Eureka: A Prose Poem. Then, I am going to
The “Moon-Notes” at the Top of Poe’s Stairway-Part II
I arrived at the museum on a cold but sunny day in February 2013, to start my journey up Poe’s Stairway. Entering his research room, I looked around and saw
My Walk Up Poe’s Stairs: Discovering His Eureka!
This article was originally written by Murray Ellison and published on the Edgar Allan Poe Museum of Richmond’s Website (www.poemuseum.org). Stairs in Poe’s Childhood Home On a cold, but sunny
Walking with Eddie: Edgar Allan Poe and Science—Part I
This article was originally written by Murray Ellison and is being republished by him here with the generous permission of the Edgar Allan Poe Museum in Richmond, Virginia (www.poemuseum.org). The