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Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

WRITER Jan 19, 1809 - Oct 7, 1849

KNOWN FOR

The Raven, The Tell-Tale Heart, and other macabre mysteries.

AMERICAN MASTERS FILMS

Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive (Oct 2017)Directed by Eric Stange

Edgar Allan Poe (Jul 2019)Directed by Eric Stange

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Written Features

Edgar Allan Poe: Prose and Poetry
Edgar Allan Poe Biographical Timeline
Edgar Allan Poe biography

Video Features

Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive -- Hear the story of Edgar Allan Poe's only novel
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Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
Clip | Hear the story of Edgar Allan Poe's only novel
Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive -- The story of Wally Coberg
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Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
Clip | The story of Wally Coberg
Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive -- Edgar Allan Poe: The Five Biggest Myths About Poe
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Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
Clip | Edgar Allan Poe: The Five Biggest Myths About Poe
Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive -- Filmmaker Roger Corman's dream-like world of Edgar Allan Poe
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Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
Clip | Filmmaker Roger Corman's dream-like world of Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive -- How Filmmaker Roger Corman brought Poe to the big screen
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Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
Clip | How Filmmaker Roger Corman brought Poe to the big screen
Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive -- Filmmaker Roger Corman on "The Fall of the House of Usher"
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Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
Clip | Filmmaker Roger Corman on "The Fall of the House of Usher"
Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive -- See inside the mind of a ranting and raving Edgar Allan Poe
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Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
Clip | See inside the mind of a ranting and raving Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive -- Mash-up: Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven"
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Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
Clip | Mash-up: Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven"
Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive -- Denis O'Hare on Becoming Poe
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Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
Clip | Denis O'Hare on Becoming Poe
Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive -- The Deaths of the Women in Poe's Life
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Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
Clip | The Deaths of the Women in Poe's Life
Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive -- Denis O'Hare brings to life "The Man of the Crowd"
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Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
Clip | Denis O'Hare brings to life "The Man of the Crowd"
Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive -- Experience Poe's dramatic readings of "The Raven"
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Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
Clip | Experience Poe's dramatic readings of "The Raven"
Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive -- The fake news behind Edgar Allan Poe's reputation
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Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
Clip | The fake news behind Edgar Allan Poe's reputation
Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive -- Behind the scenes of "Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive"
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Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
Clip | Behind the scenes of "Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive"
Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive -- Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive - Trailer
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Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive - Trailer
Watch full interviews related to Edgar Allan Poe in our Digital Archive

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