Poe's Library

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Poe's Library
Last Updated : January 04, 2010

Poe's books

The purpose of Poe's Library is to provide a one-page resource for interesting and significant materials listed under subject headings. There is no attempt to evaluate them but these are the web pages that do Poe credit (or not! hehe).

Animation

Annabel Lee - a george higham puppet film
Le Masque de la Mort Rouge d'après Edgar Allan Poe
A Passion for Poe - clip of The Tell-Tale Heart
A Passion for Poe - clip of The Raven
Simpsons: "The Raven"
The Tell-Tale Heart (1953 eight minute animated short with James Mason). Full version online.
The Tell-Tale Heart (2006)

Artwork

Biting Dog Press has released The Raven in a handmade letterpress edition limited to 65 copies
Adaptation of the Raven by artist Roddy Williams
Busts of Edgar Allan Poe (for sale)
Per O G Dahlberg : A Passion for Poe (Books-Artwork & info)
The Poems of Edgar Allan Poe - illustrated by W. Heath Robinson
Speakeasy Comics presents "Ravenous" by Dawn Brown

Audio (see also Podcasts and Movies)

A few Poe tales
Annabel Lee (read by country singer Jim Reeves - WAV format)
Basil Rathbone reads The Raven
CBS Radio Mystery Theatre: Berenice (1975)
CBS Radio Mystery Theatre: The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1975)
CBS Radio Mystery Theatre: The Oblong Box (1975)
Celebrate Poe
Christopher Walken reads The Raven
Friends of Old Time Radio Convention (October 22 - 25, 2009)
Interview with Ken Silverman (Poe biographer)
Listen to the Qrisse's Raven in wave format
Lord Help My Poor Soul (Poe's dying words in Real Audio)
Lou Reed on Poe
The Masque of the Red Death - 73 minute CD featuring British actor David Cade (includes The Black Cat, & The Bells)
The Masque of the Red Death
Mystery in the Air - The Black Cat (1947)
NPR Radio - Edgar Allan Poe: Talk of the Nation, October 31, 1996
NPR Radio - Present At the Creation: ‘The Raven.’ 2002
NPR Radio - Two Writers Turn Poe into a Literary Character
The Pit and the Pendulum (1943) - Suspense radio show
Poe Audio
Poe Podcast Project
The Raven (read by Dagon with music)
Sidney Greenstreet reads The Cask of Amontillado
STRIX - The Raven
The Tell-Tale Heart - 73 minute CD featuring British actor David Cade (includes Berenice /Raven)
William S. Burroughs reading Annabel Lee
Wollcott & Sheridan (some Poe sample works: Fall of the House of Usher by the end of July 2002)

Beer

Raven Beer (really!)

Graphic Classics (a list)
Marvel Comics - Haunt of Horror: Edgar Allan Poe #1
Marvel Comics - Haunt of Horror: Edgar Allan Poe #2
Marvel Comics - Haunt of Horror: Edgar Allan Poe #3
Trent's Poe Comic List
Speakeasy Comics presents "Ravenous" by Dawn Brown
(a graphic novel inspired by the works of Edgar Allan Poe)

Conferences/Conventions

email the House of Usher so your event can be listed
Friends of Old Time Radio Convention (October 22 - 25, 2009)
International Poe Conference : The Bicentennial (1809-2009) (October 23rd-25th, 2009)

Courses and Educational Projects

Criticisms for Poetry and Short Stories

Cryptography and Poe

Dolls (toys)

Living Dead Dolls 2-Pack - Edgar Allan Poe & Annabel Lee

Encyclopedia Articles

Essays, Letters, Manuscripts, Papers

Events, Exhibits

Cornell University Library exhibits Edgar Allan Poe collection of world renown
Edgar Allan Poe at the University of Virginia
NEVERMORE: The Edgar Allan Poe films of Roger Corman (October 21 - November 18 , 2006)

Forums

General

Historical Sites Honoring Poe:

Home Pages (Personal)

Placeholder - anything significant that lasts will be put here (email Usher to be included)
Erin's Edgar Allan Poe Page

Humor

Images

Journals (academic)

Poe Studies/Dark Romanticism

Movies, Films, Documentaries, Video

A Dream within a Dream (Dutch film project)
Annabel Lee - a george higham puppet film
Baltimore
Dr. Tarr's Torture Dungeon (1973)
The Fall of the House of Usher (IMDB)
Fall of the House of Usher (1928) - James Sibley Watson
Films based on Poe's works (IMDB)
Gold Bug (short film by Never Films) - 2009
Johns Hopkins File 7: Profile on Poe (1958) (opening and closing remarks by actor John Astin)
Le Masque de la Mort Rouge d'après Edgar Allan Poe [animation]
Poe's Favorite Flicks Page
Poe: Last Days of the Raven
THE RAVEN by Trilobite Pictures
Roger Corman's Fantastic Contributions! (IMDB)
Tales of Mystery and Imagination (Geoff Murphy 2009)
The Tell-Tale Heart (1953 eight minute animated short with James Mason)
The Tell-Tale Heart (1962)
The Tell-Tale Heart (1992)
The Tell-Tale Heart (2002)
Simpsons: "The Raven"
Simpsons' version of the Tell-tale heart (need a link!)
Trilobite Pictures : THE RAVEN which can be either viewed or downloaded
Visionary of the Unreal - documentary on Poe in German / French
Youtube animated cartoon of The Cask of Amontillado

Multimedia (CD-ROMs & Games)

CD-ROM: The Cask of Amontillado (Nov. 92) / Tandy VIS
CD-ROM: The Fall of The House of Usher (1994) / Westwind Media : Windows
(IMHO: excellent music and great images... love that music and floating around Usher's House!)
CD-ROM: Murder, Mystery, Magic, Terror, and More... (Feb. 93) / World Library : DOS, Windows
CD-ROM: The Tell-Tale Heart (Nov. 92) / Tandy VIS
CD-ROM: That Strange Mr. Poe
GAME: The Dark Eye by Inscape based on Poe's works... it contains renditions of 'Red Death,' 'Berenice,' 'The Tell-Tale Heart,' and some others, and features William S. Burroughs. The slide show of 'Annabel Lee' is truly surreal. Submitted by: Christine Hoff.
GAME: "Under a Killing Moon" by Access Software contains 4 sections of Mask of the Red Death, read by James Earl Jones

Music (songs)

Musicals