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  The Works of Edgar Allan Poe on the Internet





There are a growing number of Internet sites with electronic texts of Poe's works, primarily the better-known tales and poems, with a few of the essays and other sketches. None of these selections rivals the content of the Poe Society site, although others may present items with more attractive formatting. Many of these sites seem to have borrowed the text from each other, as the same errors and omissions have followed with the borrowing. Without regard to claims otherwise, there is no truly complete collection of Poe's works on the Internet as nearly all omit the majority of his editorial writings, which comprise a far greater body of work, at least by number of words, than the fiction and poetry. The tales and poems are well-represented. Because the most comprehensive collection of Poe's works is already present on our own website, only sites with significant selections or special features are listed.











A Webliography of Poe's writings in e-text:







Special collections of Poe's writings:
  • The Southern Literary Messenger  (The University of Michigan's notable "Making of America" project includes image reproduction of a nearly complete run of the Southern Literary Messenger. For a time, Poe assisted in the editing of this important and rare magazine, which contains many reviews and editorial filler items in addition to first versions of several tales and a few poems. There are also important reprints of some items. The volumes are well-organized and indexed, although not all of Poe contributions have been established with certainty.)
  • The University of Virginia Poe Project  (The University of Virginia provides text and some page images for letters and miscellaneous material from the collections of the University of Virginia, The Valentine Museum and the Richmond Poe Museum. Text of tales emphasizes Poe's 1840 collection of Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque. There is a useful text search function.)







Substantial collections of Poe's tales and poems:
  • Qrisse's Poe Pages  (This site has several of the more popular tales and poems, with the added advantage that they can be searched programatically for any word or string of text.)
  • Stefan Gmoser's Edgar Allan Poe Site  (This site has a good collection of the poems and tales, along with a few of Poe's miscellaneous writings. The "Marginalia" offered there, however, is merely a brief selection from the series. The chief strength of the site is the ability to search the text. Unfortunately, it is often unavailable for long periods of time.)








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