Poe, Edgar Allan

Cultural  

1. A nineteenth-century American author known for his poems and horror stories. Among his works are the stories “The Fall of the House of Usher,” “The Tell-Tale Heart,” “The Pit and the Pendulum,” “The Cask of Amontillado,” and “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” and the poems “The Bells” and “The Raven.”

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Example Sentences

Craft Spirit of Poe Edgar Allan Poe-inspired cocktails are created by mixologists.

From Washington Post

Poe, Edgar Allan, 17, 27, 28, 55, 58, 66-70, 76, 81-82, 85.

From American Men of Mind by Stevenson, Burton Egbert

Poe, Edgar Allan, v, 97; ix, 285; xi, 94; xiv, 51; Annabel Lee, xiii, 256.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians by Hubbard, Elbert

Poe, Edgar Allan, 17, 164; career of, 17; foibles of, 180; love-letter of, 110; death of wife of, 164; on his lost love, 164; death of, 433; Poe and R.H.

From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 1 March 1906 by Various

Poe, Edgar Allan,   Hawthorne's only rival in harmony of tone.

From Nathaniel Hawthorne by Woodberry, George Edward