Mr. Levin’s Hot Resources on the

Edgar Allan Poe

In our print collection

• Read the flip side of this handout for some titles of books that could help you.
• Do a subject search using the on-line catalog. Type the following: Poe, Edgar Allan
• Do a keyword search on the on-line catalog. Type the words criticism and interpretation.
• Check the American Heritage collection by using the red index. There are many articles on Poe’s work.
• Check the general encyclopedias as a last resort since they contain mainly general information.

Using the electronic information databases

Several fine starting points can be found on the Media Center’s web page (look for the short cut on our school’s web page at http://www.richcentral.org).

Using the Internet

Visit the Edgar Allan Poe Museum (http://www.poemuseum.org) to take a tour of some of rooms in the museum and to read some of the selected works of Poe.

The Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore (http://raven.ubalt.edu/features/poe/) examines Poe’s works, landmark locations from his life (and death), and information about the Society’s activities.

Selected Works of Edgar Allan Poe (http://www.pambytes.com/poe/poe.html) provides links to some of Poe’s greatest works that are easy to read online.

Poe Decoder (http://www.poedecoder.com) offers criticism, summaries, and explanations of several of Edgar Allan Poe’s works.

An enormous listing of Edgar Allan Poe web sites

(http://www.nagasaki-gaigo.ac.jp/ishikawa/amlit/p/poe19ro.htm) provides visitors with several categories.