Edgar Allan Poe was born this day in 1809.
Encyclopedia Britannica notes "American short-story writer, poet, critic, and editor who is famous for his cultivation of mystery and the macabre. His tale “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” (1841) initiated the modern detective story, and the atmosphere in his tales of horror is unrivaled in American fiction. His “The Raven” (1845) numbers among the best-known poems in the national literature."
There is a museum dedicated to Edgar Allan Poe in Richmond, Virginia http://www.poemuseum.org/.
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
Thursday, January 19, 2006
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