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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

Watch full interviews related to Edgar Allan Poe in our Digital Archive

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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