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This article has a very different tone to the Wikipedia article on Poe. Wikipedia makes a lot of references to alcohol abuse. Also see https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.

• buescher 3y ago
  I enjoyed this interview with the author of a recent Poe biography when it first aired earlier this year. I haven't read his book. https://kansaspublicradio.org/podcast/conversations/2023-02-27/a-mystery-of-mysteries-the-death-and-life-of-edgar-allan-poe https://kansaspublicradio.org/podcast/conversations/2023-02-... He makes the point - which the article you posted also alludes to - that Poe was not a habitual drinker but would get very drunk on very little liquor when he drank. Another thing I learned from it was that Poe wrote a lot more than his most famous stories - the complete works have been published as 17 volumes. https://www.eapoe.org/works/harrison/jahinfo.htm https://www.eapoe.org/works/harrison/jahinfo.htm
  • bloak 3y ago
    Isn't that web site eapoe.org brilliant? Nice old-school design, amazingly thorough bibliographies, multiple versions of each text, ... (Is there anything like it for any other author?)