Edgar Allan Poe at 200

NYTimes ^ | January 19, 2009 | WILLIAM S. NIEDERKORN

[PurpleMan]

Edgar Allan Poe reaches his second century mark today. The young United States was a strange place for literary genius to develop, and Poe’s career was relatively short (he died at 40, on Oct. 7, 1849), but through his works he inspired generations of writers throughout the world, and there has been no letup in the 21st century.

[PurpleMan]

And he could have written the lead for any sports section this day with,

"Quoth the Ravens, 'Nevermore.'"

How coincidental is that?

[JoeProBono]

[CT]

A bit of trvia: Poe attended West Point.

[Mojave]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4Kb3UNMdmo

[JoeProBono]

NAME, RANK AND SERIAL NUMBER

THE GOATS OF WEST POINT: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

by Jason Zasky

In every graduating class someone has to finish last. At the West Point Military Academy that person has long been known as "the Goat." In our own version of "Where Are They Now?" Failure interviewed James S. Robbins, author of "Last in Their Class: Custer, Pickett and the Goats of West Point" (Encounter Books) about the implications of being ranked dead last at West Point. The irony? Some of the Academy's least distinguished cadets developed into the most famous and remarkable figures in American military history.

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Another notable expellee was Edgar Allan Poe. A little known fact about Poe was that he was a sergeant major of artillery before he went to West Point. He was recommended there by one of his officers who said that he was of sound temper and entirely free of drink, which as we know, is not true. He only spent about half-a-year at West Point. The thing about Poe was that he was such a genius that he got great grades without studying. The lore at West Point is that Poe was a bad student but that's not true. He was a good student in the sense that he could take a test and score high, but he was also very interested in smuggling drink into the barracks and having other adventures. After about six months he stopped reporting to class and assembly and they expelled him."

[SunkenCiv]

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  http://www.eapoe.org/balt/poegrave.htm#Poe_Toaster | 2000 | E.A. Poe Society of Baltimore

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  Telegraph.uk | May 25, 2006

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  Miami Herald | February 26, 2008 | HANNAH SAMPSON

  In his short story The Black Cat, the Gothic writer Edgar Allan Poe writes about a killer who conceals his victim behind a wall and is found out when the cat he accidentally hid with the body starts howling. Assistant State Attorney Brian Cavanagh referenced the gruesome tale as he laid out the evidence against Charles Gregory Moninger, accused of killing his housemate four years ago and stuffing her corpse in a closet.

• Poe at 200 -- Eerie After All These Years

  01/15/2009 10:40:50 AM PST · by rabscuttle385 · 46 replies · 875+ views

  The Wall Street Journal | 2009-01-14

  BY JOHN J. MILLER On a snowy night toward the end of his life, Edgar Allan Poe delivered a lecture on the origins of the universe. It was an unusual topic -- Poe was always more interested in death than birth -- and the reviews were mixed. Frustrated by the response, Poe announced that 2,000 years would pass before his work was properly admired. His remarks were soon published as "Eureka: A Prose Poem." The book sold a few hundred copies and then slipped into obscurity, forgotten except for the fact that its author went on to become a giant...

• The DNA of Detection (Poe7 & Mysteries)

  01/19/2009 11:43:32 AM PST · by nickcarraway · 2 replies

  BBC

  As the bicentenary of Edgar Allan Poe is celebrated, fans should be thanking him for his invention of the modern detective genre, writes crime fiction author Andrew Taylor. Bestseller lists and library lending figures tell the same story - crime and detective stories are more popular than ever, and their success has spilled over into film and TV drama. It's remarkable how many of the genre's classic elements can be traced back to the feverishly fertile imagination of one man, Edgar Allan Poe. Once you start looking, the clues are everywhere. Born 200 years ago, on 19 January 1809, Poe...

• Edgar Allan Poe: life, death and everything strange and unknown in between

  01/19/2009 11:58:01 AM PST · by handsomefurs · 3 replies

  Finding Dulcinea

  Edgar Allan Poe was plagued by addictions, and his life was cut too short. The mysteries of his life were as complex as those conveyed in his stories and poetry. Today is the 200th anniversary of his birthday.

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[bannie]

I believe that an earlier tombstone for Poe was wrecked by a passing train!

Yup! A TRAIN!

[bannie]

GREAT links, there, SunkenCiv.

Thanks!

[JoeProBono]

[Verginius Rufus]

How ironic that the Ravens were eliminated the day before Poe’s 200th birthday.

[SunkenCiv]

My pleasure.

[Redcitizen]

That’s my fave Poe tale.

[PurpleMan]

Actually, it was already tomorrow in Guam. So, it happened on the same day.

[doodad]

And was stationed at Sullivan Island, SC briefly where he got the idea for “The Gold Bug.”