Edgar Allan Poe

The book quickly became a best-seller, but elicited negative reviews.Edgar Allan Poe spoke against the young female narrator for exhibiting too much self-confidence, but conceded that the writing had vivacity of style. The...

Here Lawrence discusses such authors as Fenimore Cooper , Nathaniel Hawthorne , Herman Melville , and Edgar Allan Poe .

SL seems to have turned from poetry to drama after Poe 's death and her own divorce.

Sarah Lewis and her husband began their relationship with Edgar Allan Poe and his family.

The AmericanSarah Lewis published her second volume of poetry, Child of the Sea and Other Poems, which was heavily promoted by Edgar Allan Poe .

Sarah Anna Lewis was a mid-nineteenth-century American poet who is today better known for her association with Edgar Allan Poe than for her writings. She began her career with frequent periodical publications, then published four...

Their marriage is presumed to have been childless. Sylvanus D. Lewis offered advice to Edgar Allan Poe while Poe was being sued for libel. He died in 1882, twenty-four years after separating from...

Following Poe 's death, Maria Clemm continued frequently to visit SL , who eventually began to tire of her. Clemm apparently, because of her jealous desire to have Poe as exclusively her own, destroyed...

SL began her writing career with contributions to The Family Magazine. Her first publication was said to be a poem which appeared around 1838, when she was just fourteen years old.

The year after Records of the Heart appeared, SL and her husband became acquainted with Edgar Allan Poe . Facing poverty and illness, Poe reportedly welcomed their kindness, friendship, and most importantly, their generosity. In...

Perhaps in part owing to Poe 's praise, Records of the Heart was in its eleventh edition by the time of SL 's death.

According to John H. Ingram , Poe was presented with the manuscript before its publication. At the same time he received $100 from the Lewises, which he badly needed, and which seems to have been...

Poe 's complex involvement in SL 's writing career played a significant role in the development of her literary reputation. According to The Poe Log, around May 1849 she asked Poe to compose an...

Poe continued to be involved with SL 's poetry until his death in 1849. For example, he returned her poem The Prisoner of Perotè to her with a message: I think this the most spirited...

Harriet Martineau was amazed when AM first read her one of these tales, The Admiral's Daughter, and felt that their hostess later that evening (Sarah Wedgwood ) must have been almost equally amazed...