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A primary-source collection documenting Edgar Allan Poe through preserved magazine and newspaper printings, illustrated editions, correspondence, and related literary records. Spanning his lifetime appearances alongside later editions and reception, each record is cataloged with its original scans, publication details, and known limitations for close study and comparison.
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Read the 1844-07-02 letter from Edgar Allan Poe to James Russell Lowell in a locally preserved historical transcription from Woodberry’s 1909 edition. Source limitations are stated alongside the text.
Read the 1844-05-28 letter from Edgar Allan Poe to James Russell Lowell in a locally preserved historical transcription from Woodberry’s 1909 edition. Source limitations are stated alongside the text.
Read the 1844-03-30 letter from Edgar Allan Poe to James Russell Lowell in a locally preserved historical transcription from Woodberry’s 1909 edition. Source limitations are stated alongside the text.
Read the 1843-10-19 letter from Edgar Allan Poe to James Russell Lowell in a locally preserved historical transcription from Woodberry’s 1909 edition. Source limitations are stated alongside the text.
Read the 1843-09-13 letter from Edgar Allan Poe to James Russell Lowell in a locally preserved historical transcription from Woodberry’s 1909 edition. Source limitations are stated alongside the text.
Read the 1843-03-27 letter from Edgar Allan Poe to James Russell Lowell in a locally preserved historical transcription from Woodberry’s 1909 edition. Source limitations are stated alongside the text.
Read the 1845-01-28 letter from Edgar Allan Poe to William Duane Jr. in a locally preserved historical transcription from Woodberry’s 1909 edition. Source limitations are stated alongside the text.
Read the 1844-10-28 letter from Edgar Allan Poe to William Duane Jr. in a locally preserved historical transcription from Woodberry’s 1909 edition. Source limitations are stated alongside the text.
Read the 1848-06-15 letter from Edgar Allan Poe to Bayard Taylor in a locally preserved historical transcription from Woodberry’s 1909 edition. Source limitations are stated alongside the text.
Read the 1837-01-09 letter from Edgar Allan Poe to Allan B. Magruder in a locally preserved historical transcription from Woodberry’s 1909 edition. Source limitations are stated alongside the text.
Read the 1836-07-30 letter from Edgar Allan Poe to Mathew Carey in a locally preserved historical transcription from Woodberry’s 1909 edition. Source limitations are stated alongside the text.
Read the 1836-02-05 letter from Edgar Allan Poe to Lucian Minor in a locally preserved historical transcription from Woodberry’s 1909 edition. Source limitations are stated alongside the text.
Griswold’s hostile memoir is preserved as a historical reception document. Its claims and reproduced correspondence are not endorsed as reliable biography or authentic manuscript readings. Original footnotes are retai...
A contemporary announcement of Poe’s Richmond lecture. This is the complete short notice, not the essay The Poetic Principle. Read the historical text and download it locally.
A contemporary review of the February 3, 1848 lecture. This short notice is distinct from Eureka and does not reproduce the lecture itself. Read the historical text and download it locally.
This contemporary attack is preserved as evidence of the literary dispute, not as verified biography. Its accusations are those of its author. The newspaper’s introductory paragraph is retained. Read the historical te...
A contemporary critical review of the October 16, 1845 Boston Lyceum performance. This is the reviewer’s account, not a transcript of Poe’s lecture. The source header and page marker disagree about the printed page nu...
Poe and Virginia Clemm marriage bond — Richmond, May 16, 1836. Locally hosted historical source scan with searchable machine OCR. This is the historical edition’s facsimile of the signed marriage bond and age affidavi...
Edgar Allan Poe to J. A. Shea — 1845-02-03. Locally hosted historical source scan with searchable machine OCR. The letter gives a revised stanza for The Raven. The manuscript is undated; February 3, 1845 is the schola...
Edgar Allan Poe to P. D. Bernard — 1843-03-24. Locally hosted historical source scan with searchable machine OCR. The letter concerns purchasing the Southern Literary Messenger subscription list for The Stylus. The so...
Read Ballad in a locally preserved historical transcription. Historical poem text from Southern Literary Messenger, January 1837, volume III, page 5. This is the early text later known as Bridal Ballad. Verse-line bou...
Read To Mary in a locally preserved historical transcription. Historical poem text from Southern Literary Messenger, July 1835, volume I, page 636. This is the early poem later retitled To Frances, distinct from To F—...
Read The Journal of Julius Rodman in a locally preserved historical transcription. The six surviving chapters of Poe’s unfinished fictional journal, in Harrison’s 1902 collected text. The original serial ran January–J...
Read the 1849-08-07 letter from Edgar Allan Poe to E. H. N. Patterson in a locally hosted transcription from Harrison’s 1902 edition. Historical dating and text limitations are stated alongside the reading.
Read the 1849-07-19 letter from Edgar Allan Poe to E. H. N. Patterson in a locally hosted transcription from Harrison’s 1902 edition. Historical dating and text limitations are stated alongside the reading.
Read the 1845-06-26 letter from Edgar Allan Poe to E. A. Duyckinck in a locally hosted transcription from Harrison’s 1902 edition. Historical dating and text limitations are stated alongside the reading.
Read the 1843-05-16 letter from J. R. Lowell to Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted transcription from Harrison’s 1902 edition. Historical dating and text limitations are stated alongside the reading.
Read Poe’s 1842-07-06 letter to Daniel Bryan in a locally hosted historical printed edition, with source scans and searchable machine OCR. The first scan page also contains the end of a different letter. The searchabl...
Read Poe’s 1836-09-02 letter to Richmond Courier in a locally hosted historical printed edition, with source scans and searchable machine OCR. This is Poe’s letter to the Richmond Courier and Daily Compiler defending ...
Read Poe’s 1831-03-10 letter to Sylvanus Thayer in a locally hosted historical printed edition, with source scans and searchable machine OCR. The historical editor’s introduction is retained alongside the letter to th...
This local reading preserves two historical witnesses in clearly separated parts: the letter as printed in the 1924 Wilson edition (repository machine OCR), and the long addendum which that edition explicitly omitted,...
All seven Columbia Spy columns, published May 18–July 6, 1844, are included as local historical reading text. These are newspaper texts, not private correspondence. Original publication and letter dates differ and are...
Read Marginalia locally in Harrison’s 1902 collected edition. The prepared historical text and download are both hosted on Crypt of Echoes.
Read The Rationale of Verse locally in Harrison’s 1902 collected edition. The prepared historical text and download are both hosted on Crypt of Echoes.
Read The Literati of New York City locally in Harrison’s 1902 collected edition. All six monthly Literati installments are included.
Read The Longfellow War locally in Harrison’s 1902 collected edition. The prepared historical text and download are both hosted on Crypt of Echoes.
Read Pinakidia locally in Harrison’s 1902 collected edition. The prepared historical text and download are both hosted on Crypt of Echoes.
Read the historical text of Poe’s 1831 poetry volume locally, including the source’s linked poems, prefatory material and author notes. The early edition is identified separately from later collected readings.
Read the historical text of Poe’s 1829 poetry volume locally, including the source’s linked poems, prefatory material and author notes. The early edition is identified separately from later collected readings.
Read the historical text of Poe’s 1827 poetry volume locally, including the source’s linked poems, prefatory material and author notes. The early edition is identified separately from later collected readings.
Read Poe’s 1848-11-26 letter to Sarah Helen Whitman in a locally hosted historical printed edition, with source scans and searchable machine OCR. The letter is dated November 26 in the checklist and the 1909 edition. ...
Read Poe’s 1848-11-22 letter to Sarah Helen Whitman in a locally hosted historical printed edition, with source scans and searchable machine OCR. This is the actual November 22 letter. Older editions printed the diffe...
Read Poe’s 1848-11-07 letter to Sarah Helen Whitman in a locally hosted historical printed edition, with source scans and searchable machine OCR. The address and the historical note about a November 8 endorsement are ...
Read Poe’s 1848-01-04 letter to George W. Eveleth in a locally hosted historical printed edition, with source scans and searchable machine OCR. The final scan page also begins the next letter; the searchable excerpt s...
Read Poe’s 1846-12-15 letter to George W. Eveleth in a locally hosted historical printed edition, with source scans and searchable machine OCR. The final scan page also begins the next letter; the searchable excerpt s...
Read Poe’s 1846-04-16 letter to George W. Eveleth in a locally hosted historical printed edition, with source scans and searchable machine OCR. The source page also contains the edition’s introductory context above th...
Read Death of Edgar A. Poe — N. P. Willis in a locally preserved historical transcription. Later collected reading from the Raven Edition, volume I. The original magazine or newspaper page and its illustrations are no...
Read Edgar Allan Poe — James Russell Lowell’s biographical sketch in a locally preserved historical transcription. Later collected reading from the Raven Edition, volume I. The original magazine or newspaper page and ...
Read Anastatic Printing in a locally preserved historical transcription. Historical reading from James A. Harrison’s 1902 edition, volume XIV. This is a later collected text, not the original printing or a manuscript ...
Read A Few Words on Secret Writing — July 1841 in a locally preserved historical transcription. Historical reading from James A. Harrison’s 1902 edition, volume XIV. This is a later collected text, not the original pr...
Read Reviews of Hawthorne’s Twice-Told Tales — April and May 1842 in a locally preserved historical transcription. Historical reading from James A. Harrison’s 1902 edition, volume XI. This is a later collected text, n...
Read To My Mother in a locally preserved historical transcription. Historical reading from James A. Harrison’s 1902 edition, volume VII. This is a later collected text, not the original printing or a manuscript scan. ...
Read A Dream Within a Dream in a locally preserved historical transcription. Historical reading from James A. Harrison’s 1902 edition, volume VII. This is a later collected text, not the original printing or a manuscr...
Seven National Archives images preserve the cover and six pages of the trial record of Cadet E. A. Poe. The charges and proceedings can be read in the local source images.
Poe enlisted under the name Edgar A. Perry. The enlistment form and its companion page are preserved in the National Archives scan.
Read the 1849-09-18 letter from Edgar Allan Poe to M. Clemm in a locally hosted transcription from Harrison’s 1902 edition. Historical dating and text limitations are stated alongside the reading.
Read the 1849-06-26 letter from Edgar Allan Poe to G. W. Eveleth in a locally hosted transcription from Harrison’s 1902 edition. Historical dating and text limitations are stated alongside the reading.
Read the 1849-05-23 letter from Edgar Allan Poe to E. H. N. Patterson in a locally hosted transcription from Harrison’s 1902 edition. Historical dating and text limitations are stated alongside the reading.
Read the 1849-04-30 letter from Edgar Allan Poe to E. H. N. Patterson in a locally hosted transcription from Harrison’s 1902 edition. Historical dating and text limitations are stated alongside the reading.
Read the 1849-03-08 letter from Edgar Allan Poe to E. A. Duyckinck in a locally hosted transcription from Harrison’s 1902 edition. Historical dating and text limitations are stated alongside the reading.
Read the 1849-02-16 letter from Edgar Allan Poe to E. A. Duyckinck in a locally hosted transcription from Harrison’s 1902 edition. Historical dating and text limitations are stated alongside the reading.
Read the 1849-02-08 letter from Edgar Allan Poe to A. L. Richmond in a locally hosted transcription from Harrison’s 1902 edition. Historical dating and text limitations are stated alongside the reading.
Read the 1848-11-24 letter from Edgar Allan Poe to S. H. Whitman in a locally hosted transcription from Harrison’s 1902 edition. Historical dating and text limitations are stated alongside the reading.
Read the 1848-03-30 letter from Edgar Allan Poe to M. L. Shew in a locally hosted transcription from Harrison’s 1902 edition. Historical dating and text limitations are stated alongside the reading.
Read the 1846-12-30 letter from Edgar Allan Poe to E. A. Duyckinck in a locally hosted transcription from Harrison’s 1902 edition. Historical dating and text limitations are stated alongside the reading.
Read the 1846-12-24 letter from Edgar Allan Poe to E. A. Duyckinck in a locally hosted transcription from Harrison’s 1902 edition. Historical dating and text limitations are stated alongside the reading.
Read the 1846-08-09 letter from Edgar Allan Poe to P. P. Cooke in a locally hosted transcription from Harrison’s 1902 edition. Historical dating and text limitations are stated alongside the reading.
Read the 1846-06-29 letter from Edgar Allan Poe to E. A. Duyckinck in a locally hosted transcription from Harrison’s 1902 edition. Historical dating and text limitations are stated alongside the reading.
Read the 1846-06-12 letter from Edgar Allan Poe to V. Poe in a locally hosted transcription from Harrison’s 1902 edition. Historical dating and text limitations are stated alongside the reading.
Read the 1846-04-28 letter from Edgar Allan Poe to E. A. Duyckinck in a locally hosted transcription from Harrison’s 1902 edition. Historical dating and text limitations are stated alongside the reading.
Read the 1846-04 letter from E. B. Barrett to Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted transcription from Harrison’s 1902 edition. Historical dating and text limitations are stated alongside the reading.
Read the 1846-01-08 letter from Edgar Allan Poe to E. A. Duyckinck in a locally hosted transcription from Harrison’s 1902 edition. Historical dating and text limitations are stated alongside the reading.
Read the 1845-11-13 letter from Edgar Allan Poe to E. A. Duyckinck in a locally hosted transcription from Harrison’s 1902 edition. Historical dating and text limitations are stated alongside the reading.
Read the 1845-09-10 letter from Edgar Allan Poe to E. A. Duyckinck in a locally hosted transcription from Harrison’s 1902 edition. Historical dating and text limitations are stated alongside the reading.
Read the 1844-12-12 letter from J. R. Lowell to Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted transcription from Harrison’s 1902 edition. Historical dating and text limitations are stated alongside the reading.
Read the 1844-10 letter from Edgar Allan Poe to C. Anthon in a locally hosted transcription from Harrison’s 1902 edition. Historical dating and text limitations are stated alongside the reading.
Read the 1844-06-27 letter from J. R. Lowell to Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted transcription from Harrison’s 1902 edition. Historical dating and text limitations are stated alongside the reading.
Read the 1844-04-07 letter from Edgar Allan Poe to M. Clemm in a locally hosted transcription from Harrison’s 1902 edition. Historical dating and text limitations are stated alongside the reading.
Read the 1844-03-06 letter from J. R. Lowell to Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted transcription from Harrison’s 1902 edition. Historical dating and text limitations are stated alongside the reading.
Read the 1843-05-08 letter from J. R. Lowell to Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted transcription from Harrison’s 1902 edition. Historical dating and text limitations are stated alongside the reading.
Read the 1843-04-17 letter from J. R. Lowell to Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted transcription from Harrison’s 1902 edition. Historical dating and text limitations are stated alongside the reading.
Read the 1843-03-24 letter from J. R. Lowell to Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted transcription from Harrison’s 1902 edition. Historical dating and text limitations are stated alongside the reading.
Read the 1843-03-11 letter from Edgar Allan Poe to T. C. Clarke in a locally hosted transcription from Harrison’s 1902 edition. Historical dating and text limitations are stated alongside the reading.
Read the 1843-02-01 letter from F. W. Thomas to Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted transcription from Harrison’s 1902 edition. Historical dating and text limitations are stated alongside the reading.
Read the 1842-12-17 letter from J. R. Lowell to Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted transcription from Harrison’s 1902 edition. Historical dating and text limitations are stated alongside the reading.
Read the 1842-11-19 letter from J. R. Lowell to Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted transcription from Harrison’s 1902 edition. Historical dating and text limitations are stated alongside the reading.
Read the 1842-07-06 letter from Edgar Allan Poe to T. H. Chivers in a locally hosted transcription from Harrison’s 1902 edition. Historical dating and text limitations are stated alongside the reading.
Read the 1842-06-04 letter from Edgar Allan Poe to G. Roberts in a locally hosted transcription from Harrison’s 1902 edition. Historical dating and text limitations are stated alongside the reading.
Read the 1842-05-25 letter from Edgar Allan Poe to F. W. Thomas in a locally hosted transcription from Harrison’s 1902 edition. Historical dating and text limitations are stated alongside the reading.
Read the 1842-03-06 letter from C. Dickens to Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted transcription from Harrison’s 1902 edition. Historical dating and text limitations are stated alongside the reading.
Read the 1841-06-24 letter from Edgar Allan Poe to F. Halleck in a locally hosted transcription from Harrison’s 1902 edition. Historical dating and text limitations are stated alongside the reading.
Read the 1840-11-23 letter from Edgar Allan Poe to F. W. Thomas in a locally hosted transcription from Harrison’s 1902 edition. Historical dating and text limitations are stated alongside the reading.
Read the 1840-11-22 letter from J. Tomlin to Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted transcription from Harrison’s 1902 edition. Historical dating and text limitations are stated alongside the reading.
Read the 1840-09-16 letter from Edgar Allan Poe to J. Tomlin in a locally hosted transcription from Harrison’s 1902 edition. Historical dating and text limitations are stated alongside the reading.
Read the 1840-08-14 letter from Edgar Allan Poe to Wm. Poe in a locally hosted transcription from Harrison’s 1902 edition. Historical dating and text limitations are stated alongside the reading.
Read the 1840-06-03 letter from Edgar Allan Poe to J. Neal in a locally hosted transcription from Harrison’s 1902 edition. Historical dating and text limitations are stated alongside the reading.
Read the 1839-11-06 letter from W. Irving to Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted transcription from Harrison’s 1902 edition. Historical dating and text limitations are stated alongside the reading.
Read the 1839-09-21 letter from Edgar Allan Poe to P. P. Cooke in a locally hosted transcription from Harrison’s 1902 edition. Historical dating and text limitations are stated alongside the reading.
Read the 1838-09-04 letter from Edgar Allan Poe to N. C. Brooks in a locally hosted transcription from Harrison’s 1902 edition. Historical dating and text limitations are stated alongside the reading.
Read the 1836-06-07 letter from Edgar Allan Poe to R. M. Bird in a locally hosted transcription from Harrison’s 1902 edition. Historical dating and text limitations are stated alongside the reading.
Read the 1836-01-12 letter from Edgar Allan Poe to G. Poe Jr. in a locally hosted transcription from Harrison’s 1902 edition. Historical dating and text limitations are stated alongside the reading.
Read the 1835-07-20 letter from Edgar Allan Poe to T. W. White in a locally hosted transcription from Harrison’s 1902 edition. Historical dating and text limitations are stated alongside the reading.
Read Edgar Allan Poe to John Allan — 1833-04-12 in the 1925 Stanard edition, with the edition’s printed transcription and manuscript facsimile preserved locally. Machine OCR is supplied for searching; consult the scan...
Read Edgar Allan Poe to John Allan — 1831-12-29 in the 1925 Stanard edition, with the edition’s printed transcription and manuscript facsimile preserved locally. Machine OCR is supplied for searching; consult the scan...
Read Edgar Allan Poe to John Allan — 1831-12-15 in the 1925 Stanard edition, with the edition’s printed transcription and manuscript facsimile preserved locally. Machine OCR is supplied for searching; consult the scan...
Read Edgar Allan Poe to John Allan — 1831-11-18 in the 1925 Stanard edition, with the edition’s printed transcription and manuscript facsimile preserved locally. Machine OCR is supplied for searching; consult the scan...
Read Edgar Allan Poe to John Allan — 1831-10-16 in the 1925 Stanard edition, with the edition’s printed transcription and manuscript facsimile preserved locally. Machine OCR is supplied for searching; consult the scan...
Read Edgar Allan Poe to John Allan — 1831-02-21 in the 1925 Stanard edition, with the edition’s printed transcription and manuscript facsimile preserved locally. Machine OCR is supplied for searching; consult the scan...
Read Edgar Allan Poe to John Allan — 1831-01-03 in the 1925 Stanard edition, with the edition’s printed transcription and manuscript facsimile preserved locally. Machine OCR is supplied for searching; consult the scan...
Read Edgar Allan Poe to John Allan — 1830-11-06 in the 1925 Stanard edition, with the edition’s printed transcription and manuscript facsimile preserved locally. Machine OCR is supplied for searching; consult the scan...
Read Edgar Allan Poe to John Allan — 1830-06-28 in the 1925 Stanard edition, with the edition’s printed transcription and manuscript facsimile preserved locally. Machine OCR is supplied for searching; consult the scan...
Read Edgar Allan Poe to Sergeant Samuel Graves — 1830-05-03 in the 1925 Stanard edition, with the edition’s printed transcription and manuscript facsimile preserved locally. Machine OCR is supplied for searching; cons...
Read Edgar Allan Poe to John Allan — 1829-11-18 in the 1925 Stanard edition, with the edition’s printed transcription and manuscript facsimile preserved locally. Machine OCR is supplied for searching; consult the scan...
Read Edgar Allan Poe to John Allan — 1829-11-12 in the 1925 Stanard edition, with the edition’s printed transcription and manuscript facsimile preserved locally. Machine OCR is supplied for searching; consult the scan...
Read Edgar Allan Poe to John Allan — 1829-10-30 in the 1925 Stanard edition, with the edition’s printed transcription and manuscript facsimile preserved locally. Machine OCR is supplied for searching; consult the scan...
Read Edgar Allan Poe to John Allan — 1829-08-10 in the 1925 Stanard edition, with the edition’s printed transcription and manuscript facsimile preserved locally. Machine OCR is supplied for searching; consult the scan...
Read Edgar Allan Poe to John Allan — 1829-08-04 in the 1925 Stanard edition, with the edition’s printed transcription and manuscript facsimile preserved locally. Machine OCR is supplied for searching; consult the scan...
Read Edgar Allan Poe to John Allan — 1829-07-26 in the 1925 Stanard edition, with the edition’s printed transcription and manuscript facsimile preserved locally. Machine OCR is supplied for searching; consult the scan...
Read Edgar Allan Poe to John Allan — 1829-07-15 in the 1925 Stanard edition, with the edition’s printed transcription and manuscript facsimile preserved locally. Machine OCR is supplied for searching; consult the scan...
Read Edgar Allan Poe to John Allan — 1829-06-25 in the 1925 Stanard edition, with the edition’s printed transcription and manuscript facsimile preserved locally. Machine OCR is supplied for searching; consult the scan...
Read Edgar Allan Poe to John Allan — 1829-05-29 in the 1925 Stanard edition, with the edition’s printed transcription and manuscript facsimile preserved locally. Machine OCR is supplied for searching; consult the scan...
Read Edgar Allan Poe to John Allan — 1829-05-20 in the 1925 Stanard edition, with the edition’s printed transcription and manuscript facsimile preserved locally. Machine OCR is supplied for searching; consult the scan...
Read John Allan to Edgar Allan Poe — 1829-05-18 in the 1925 Stanard edition, with the edition’s printed transcription and manuscript facsimile preserved locally. Machine OCR is supplied for searching; consult the scan...
Read Edgar Allan Poe to John Allan — 1829-03-10 in the 1925 Stanard edition, with the edition’s printed transcription and manuscript facsimile preserved locally. Machine OCR is supplied for searching; consult the scan...
Read Edgar Allan Poe to John Allan — 1829-02-04 in the 1925 Stanard edition, with the edition’s printed transcription and manuscript facsimile preserved locally. Machine OCR is supplied for searching; consult the scan...
Read Edgar Allan Poe to John Allan — 1828-12-22 in the 1925 Stanard edition, with the edition’s printed transcription and manuscript facsimile preserved locally. Machine OCR is supplied for searching; consult the scan...
Read Edgar Allan Poe to John Allan — 1828-12-01 in the 1925 Stanard edition, with the edition’s printed transcription and manuscript facsimile preserved locally. Machine OCR is supplied for searching; consult the scan...
Read John Allan to Edgar Allan Poe — 1827-03-20 in the 1925 Stanard edition, with the edition’s printed transcription and manuscript facsimile preserved locally. Machine OCR is supplied for searching; consult the scan...
Read Edgar Allan Poe to John Allan — 1827-03-20 in the 1925 Stanard edition, with the edition’s printed transcription and manuscript facsimile preserved locally. Machine OCR is supplied for searching; consult the scan...
Read Edgar Allan Poe to John Allan — 1827-03-19 in the 1925 Stanard edition, with the edition’s printed transcription and manuscript facsimile preserved locally. Machine OCR is supplied for searching; consult the scan...
Read Edgar Allan Poe to John Allan — 1826-09-21 in the 1925 Stanard edition, with the edition’s printed transcription and manuscript facsimile preserved locally. Machine OCR is supplied for searching; consult the scan...
Read Edgar Allan Poe to John Allan — 1826-05-25 in the 1925 Stanard edition, with the edition’s printed transcription and manuscript facsimile preserved locally. Machine OCR is supplied for searching; consult the scan...
Read The Poetic Principle by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 5. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research question.
Read The Philosophy of Furniture by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 5. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research question.
Read Maelzel's Chess-Player by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 4. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research question.
Read The Bells by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 5. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research question.
Read Eldorado by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 5. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research question.
Read For Annie by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 5. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research question.
Read Ulalume — A Ballad by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 5. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research question.
Read Lenore by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 5. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research question.
Read Politian (scenes) by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 5. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research question.
Read The Coliseum by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 5. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research question.
Read Landor's Cottage by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 2. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research question.
Read X-ing a Paragrab by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 4. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research question.
Read Von Kempelen and His Discovery by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 2. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research question.
Read Hop-Frog by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 5. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research question.
Read Mellonta Tauta by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 4. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research question.
Read The Sphinx by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 5. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research question.
Read The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 2. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research ...
Read The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 4. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate...
Read The Imp of the Perverse by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 2. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research question.
Read The Power of Words by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 4. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research question.
Read Some Words with a Mummy by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 5. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research question.
Read The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 2. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate r...
Read The Literary Life of Thingum Bob, Esq. by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 4. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate researc...
Read Thou Art the Man by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 5. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research question.
Read The Angel of the Odd by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 4. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research question.
Read The Oblong Box by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 4. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research question.
Read Mesmeric Revelation by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 2. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research question.
Read The Premature Burial by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 2. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research question.
Read The Balloon-Hoax by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 1. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research question.
Read A Tale of the Ragged Mountains by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 3. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research question.
Read The Spectacles by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 3. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research question.
Read Raising the Wind (Diddling) by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 4. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research question.
Read The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 2. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research question.
Read The Gold-Bug by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 1. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research question.
Read The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 2. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research question.
Read The Mystery of Marie Rogêt by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 1. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research question.
Read The Landscape Garden by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 4. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research question.
Read A Succession of Sundays (Three Sundays in a Week) by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 3. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separ...
Read Never Bet the Devil Your Head by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 5. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research question.
Read The Colloquy of Monos and Una by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 4. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research question.
Read The Island of the Fay by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 2. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research question.
Read A Descent into the Maelström by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 2. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research question.
Read The Man of the Crowd by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 5. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research question.
Read Peter Pendulum (The Business Man) by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 4. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research que...
Read The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 4. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate researc...
Read Silence — A Fable (Siope) by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 2. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research question.
Read The Man That Was Used Up by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 4. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research question.
Read The Devil in the Belfry by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 4. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research question.
Read Why the Little Frenchman Wears His Hand in a Sling by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 5. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a sepa...
Read The Psyche Zenobia / The Scythe of Time by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 4. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate resear...
Read The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym (first installments) by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 3. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a...
Read Ligeia by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 3. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research question.
Read Von Jung, the Mystific (Mystification) by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 4. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate researc...
Read Epimanes (Four Beasts in One) by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 1. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research question.
Read Shadow — A Parable by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 4. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research question.
Read King Pest by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 3. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research question.
Read Lionizing by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 4. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research question.
Read The Visionary (The Assignation) by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 2. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research quest...
Read MS. Found in a Bottle by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 1. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research question.
Read The Bargain Lost (Bon-Bon) by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 5. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research question.
Read A Decided Loss (Loss of Breath) by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 4. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research quest...
Read A Tale of Jerusalem by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 5. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research question.
Read The Duc de L'Omelette by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 4. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research question.
Read Metzengerstein by Edgar Allan Poe in a locally hosted reading text from the Raven Edition, volume 4. This preserves a later collected version; the first printing remains a separate research question.
Whitman’s 1860 response to accounts of Poe’s life and character. This is a historical reception source; its claims are not independently established facts.
Preserved scan of the 1848 edition of Eureka: A Prose Poem. Consult the source images for typography, diagrams and uncertain OCR.
Preserved manuscript images from Boston Public Library. Full reading transcription pending.
Preserved manuscript images from Boston Public Library. Full reading transcription pending.