Great American Authors | Edgar Allan Poe: Master of Macabre | American History Tellers | Podcast

In February 1826, 17-year-old Edgar Allan Poe was a promising student at the University of Virginia. But within a few months, gambling debts forced him to abandon his studies. It was just one of many setbacks Poe endured in a life marked by financial struggle, alcoholism, and personal tragedy.

But Poe launched a remarkable career in writing, helping to establish American literature with a bold, new voice. From short stories including “The Fall of the House of Usher,” to the poem that made him famous, “The Raven,” he transformed the horror genre by delving into the dark recesses of the human subconscious and pushing the boundaries of fiction and verse.

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My research indicates that Poe wasn't the author of "The Raven." He merely made a false public claim to it, scooping the original author's poem by three days in the daily newspaper he wrote for, the "Evening Mirror." A great deal of evidence is supplied in my paper, "Evidence that Edgar Allan Poe Stole 'The Raven' from Mathew Franklin Whittier."